The British and the Grand Tour (Routledge Revivals)

by Jeremy Black

Overview

First published in 1985, this is a history of the Grand Tour, undertaken by young men in the eighteenth century to complete their education - a tour usually to France, Italy and Switzerland, and sometimes encompassing Germany. Rather than being another popular treatment of the theme, this is a scholarly analysis of the motives, purposes, activities and achievements of those who made the Grand Tour.

The book considers to what extent the Grand Tour did fulfil its theoretical educational function, or whether travellers merely parroted the observations of their guidebooks. It also indicates the importance of the Grand Tour in introducing foreign customs into Britain and extending the cosmopolitanism of the European upper classes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415609760
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/11/2010
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Note on Currency

Note on Dates

List of Abbreviations

1 Numbers, Routes and Destinations 1

2 Transport 38

3 Accommodation, Food and Drink 60

4 War, Disputes, Accidents and Crime 88

5 Love, Sex, Gambling and Drinking 109

6 Health and Death 125

7 Cost and Finance 134

8 Social and Political Reflections 162

9 Religion 189

10 The Arts 204

11 The Debate over the Grand Tour: Conclusions 232

Selective Bibliography 249

Index 255