GK
WORLD HISTORY
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a place to have your hair styled
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the elegant urban drawing rooms where people gathered to discuss ideas of the philosophes
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place where people gathered to gossip
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place where people gathered to worship
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Detailed explanation-1: -Salons: The elegant urban drawing rooms where, in the eighteenth century, writers, artists, aristocrats, government officials, and wealth middle-class people gathered together to talk about the ideas of philosophes.
Detailed explanation-2: -You would not get your hair done at these salons-during the Enlightenment in France, salons were a place where civilians of all social classes could gather and discuss ideas. They served as ground zero for the ideas present in the Declaration of Independence and-eventually-the French Revolution!
Detailed explanation-3: -1. The salons were private gatherings where people of similar class, interests and outlook came together to discuss literature, politics, philosophy or current events.
Detailed explanation-4: -The salons of Early Modern Revolutionary France played an integral role in the cultural and intellectual development of France. The salons were seen by contemporary writers as a cultural hub, for the upper middle class and aristocracy, responsible for the dissemination of good manners and sociability.