Queen Caroline and Sir William Gell : a Study in Royal Patronage and Classical Scholarship / by Jason Thompson.
Thompson, Jason.
2019
DA538.A2 T46 2019
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Title Queen Caroline and Sir William Gell : a Study in Royal Patronage and Classical Scholarship / by Jason Thompson.
Author Thompson, Jason.
ISBN 9783319980089
3319980084
3319980076
9783319980072
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98008-9
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (XXIII, 266 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers 40028608358
10.1007/978-3-319-98008-9 doi
Call Number DA538.A2 T46 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification 941
941
Summary This book explores the relationship between Queen Caroline, one of the most enigmatic characters in Regency England, and Sir William Gell, the leading classical scholar of his day. Despised and rejected by her husband, Caroline created a sphere and court of her own through patronage of scholarship. The primary beneficiary was Gell, a pioneering scholar of the classical world who opened new dimensions in the study of ancient Troy, mainland Greece, and Ithaca. Despite his achievements, Gell had scarce financial resources. Support from Caroline enabled him to establish himself in Italy and conduct his seminal work about ancient Rome and, especially, Pompeii, until her sensational trial before the House of Lords and premature death. Concluding with the first scholarly transcription of the extraordinary series of letters that Caroline wrote to Gell, this volume illuminates how Caroline sought power through patronage, and how Gell shaped classical scholarship in nineteenth-century Britain.-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Digital File Characteristics text file PDF
Series Queenship and power.
Available in Other Form Print version: 9783319980072
Print version: 9783319980096
Print version: 9783030074371
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I.A Princess and Her Chamberlain
1. Princess Caroline
2. Sir William Gell
3. A Princess and Her Chamberlain
4. Sir William Gell in Italy
5. Caroline's Adventures
6. The Trial of Queen Caroline
7. Sir William Gell's Later Years
II. Queen Caroline's Letters to Sir William Gell
8. The Letters.

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