Travelling Flashcards
How did people travel during the Early Modern period? Give an example from Casanova to show the extent of the duration.
- By foot, horse or carriage.
- Took Casanova 17 hours to travel from Dover to Mrs. Cornelys in London, 79 miles.
What did extensive travel periods mean for most people?
- People wouldn’t travel far from their villages.
- Poverty = no holiday, as one can’t self-sustain.
Give examples of how Casanova did not have money worries
- Placed 100,000 ecus with bankers in London.
- Pays 24 guineas a week to lodge in Pall Mall.
- Self-sustains travels around Europe.
What does it mean to surround oneself with like-minded people?
- Live one’s life distinctly from rest of population.
- Reinforced values of upper echelon.
Within how long did it take Casanova to meet King George II, and in what year was it? Why was this the case?
- Within a week.
- 1763
- (1) Reputation allow him such access?
- (2) Acquaint oneself with man who used pseudonyms?
; –> Count Manucci had heard of Casanova from his mother and father: discussed ‘hundreds of times’.
Describe letter of recommendations
- Essential to the restricted access of court lifestyle.
- Casanova needed one from Signor Dandolo of Venice.
What did it mean to immerse oneself with upper class discourse?
- High society culture > mass culture.
- Mrs Cornelys built a room for 400: the most vast in all of London.
- Count of Aranda built the Los Canos del Peral almost exclusively for balls.
- Competitive nature of showing off wealth, showing off who has the most mentality.
Give examples of Casanova learning the values and customs of nation’s elite
- Learning Spanish whilst in Madrid; French whilst in Paris.
- Learning to play with money in London instead of coin.
- Noted down that in Paris and Madrid sticking out was not desirable –> try to fit in.
How does Locke relate to travelling?
- Period of enlightenment –> people wanted to discover what they do not know.
; –> Casanova comes to understand the degree of piety that the Spanish have –> (1) everyone falling to their knees when ‘Dios!’ was shouted and when a bell was heard on the streets, (2) turning paintings of saints to the wall before indulging in pleasure.
(In Craven’s writings) How is the longevity of travelling demonstrated?
- Travelling at 3 mp/h on her way to Ferrara –> extensive travelling periods.
- Says she might not be able to travel again.
(In Craven’s writings) How is Locke’s concept of understanding demonstrated?
- Taking in surroundings of the architecture of Brenta.
- Talking about dirtiness of water.
- Uses comparatives between places –> cultural understanding.
- Talks of Catholic girls divorcing their husband when an aversion comes by = world away considering its Catholic beliefs.
= Commentary on these things –> interesting because they differ from standard English life.
(In Betteridge’s writings) What did the printing press enable?
- Led to the creation of European market of text –> people would tell of their story as they knew it would gain attention.
(In Betteridge’s writings) What was travel writing influenced by?
- Humanism = a world of wisdom
(In Brewer’s writings) How were the monarchy viewed, in court / consumeristic terms?
- As people of leaders of taste.
(In Brewer’s writings) What was the impact of humanism in this period of time?
- Its development valued learning and taste as much as martial prowess.
