Binding: Hardcover
Description: 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.
Title: British Clubs And Societies 1580 - 1800 The Origins Of An Associational World
Author(s): Clark Peter (Professor Of European Urban Historyuniversity Of Helsinki)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198203766
Pages: 534 Pages, 16 Halftones, 7 Line Drawings
Publication Date: 3/16/2000
Series: Oxford Studies in Social History
Category: Social Groups: Clubs & Societies