ORCID
- Maudlin, Daniel: 0000-0001-5448-8126
Abstract
ABSTRACT: This article locates the ‘principal inn’ within the physical and cultural space of the eighteenth-century British town. The principal inn was the all-purpose venue for the sociable activities of polite society: from dining, drinking and conversing with friends to business deals, meetings of club and societies, legal proceedings, military musters, civic and religious proceedings. Through their central location, carefully designed interior spaces and refined material culture of furniture, fixtures and fittings, principal inns were key sites in the elite control of urban space, the enforcement of social hierarchies and the reinforcement of social values.
DOI
10.1017/S0963926818000597
Publication Date
2019-01-04
Publication Title
Urban History
ISSN
0963-9268
Embargo Period
2019-12-06
Organisational Unit
School of Society and Culture
Recommended Citation
Maudlin, D. (2019) 'The urban inn: gathering space, hierarchy and material culture in the eighteenth-century British town', Urban History, . Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963926818000597
