British Clubs and Societies 1580-1800 : The Origins of an Associational World Hardback
by Peter (, Professor of European Urban HistoryUniversity of Helsinki) Clark
Part of the Oxford Studies in Social History series
Hardback
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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 affluent classes, 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 other associations.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:534 pages, 16 halftones, 7 line drawings
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:06/01/2000
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- ISBN:9780198203766
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:534 pages, 16 halftones, 7 line drawings
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:06/01/2000
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198203766
