Veille - Appel à communication : « Spaces and Places of Leisure, Recreation and Sociability in Early Modernity (c. 1500-1800) » (GHI, Londres)

This conference looks at practices of leisure, recreation and sociability in pre-modern societies and how these were reflected in and shaped by spatial practices. As is the case today, sociable, leisure and recreational practices and events were important means for strengthening associations and social bonds, creating local and regional identities, and maintaining distinctions. While the role and practices of sociability in clubs, societies and guilds have been well explored in recent decades..