TY - BOOK ID - 46208301 TI - Queen Caroline and Sir William Gell : A Study in Royal Patronage and Classical Scholarship PY - 2019 SN - 3319980084 3319980076 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Great Britain-History. KW - Intellectual life-History. KW - Civilization-History. KW - Women. KW - History of Britain and Ireland. KW - Intellectual Studies. KW - Cultural History. KW - Women's Studies. KW - Human females KW - Wimmin KW - Woman KW - Womon KW - Womyn KW - Females KW - Human beings KW - Femininity KW - Great Britain—History. KW - Intellectual life—History. KW - Civilization—History. KW - Great Britain KW - Intellectual life KW - Civilization KW - Feminism. KW - Feminist theory. KW - Intellectual History. KW - Feminism and Feminist Theory. KW - Feminism KW - Feminist philosophy KW - Feminist sociology KW - Theory of feminism KW - Emancipation of women KW - Feminist movement KW - Women KW - Women's lib KW - Women's liberation KW - Women's liberation movement KW - Women's movement KW - Social movements KW - Anti-feminism KW - Cultural history KW - Intellectual history KW - History. KW - Philosophy KW - Emancipation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:46208301 AB - 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. ER -