British Clubs and Societies 1580-1800: The Origins of an Associational World

by Peter Clark

2021-01-06 21:02:35

Modern freemasonry was invented in London about 1717, but was only one of a surge of British associations in the early modern era which had originated before the English Revolution. By 1800, thousands of clubs and societies had swept the country. Re... Read more
Modern freemasonry was invented in London about 1717, but was only one of a surge of British associations in the early modern era which had originated before the English Revolution. By 1800, thousands of clubs and societies had swept the country. Recruiting widely from the urban affluentclasses, mainly amongst men, they traditionally involved heavy drinking, feasting, singing, and gambling. They ranged from political, religious and scientific societies, artistic and literary clubs, to sporting societies, bee keeping, and birdfancying clubs, and a myriad of otherassociations. Less

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File size8.5 X 5.43 X 1.3 in
Print pages534
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date January 15, 2000
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780198203766
Author
Peter Clark is a writer, translator, and cultural consultant specializing in the Middle East. His many books include Istanbul: A Cultural History, Marmaduke Pickthall: British Muslim, and Dickens’s ...

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