Leisured women and the English spa town in the long eighteenth century : a case study of Bath and Tunbridge Wells
This thesis argues that throughout the long eighteenth century, a unique emphasis was placed on leisure and sociability at the English watering-place, due to a belief in their medicinal benefits. In turn, this emphasis provided the privileged woman with opportunity to participate in public life at t...
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Aberystwyth University
2015
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.659101 |