Bodies in the belfry: gender, sociability and urban space in early eighteenth-century London.

Bells were central to eighteenth-century politics, culture and community, and yet we have little understanding of those that set them ringing. This article uses a manuscript compiled by the London bell-ringer and horologist William Laughton to trace how ringing offered men the opportunity to materia...

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Published in:	Historical Research Vol. 96; no. 271; pp. 47 - 66
Main Author:	Tullett, William
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Feb2023
Subjects:	Sociability Gender Communities Rites & ceremonies Public spaces Brotherliness London (England)
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