About The Course
This four-week course looks beyond the stereotypes of Georgian high society to explore the social, cultural and political realities of celebrity and elite status. We follow the fashion leaders, the gatekeepers, the wannabes and the outsiders as they attended court, parliament and London’s famous social resorts. We will discover that, beneath the glitter and the high life, lay a reconfigured and formidable type of aristocratic society. The immense political and cultural influence wielded by these new grandees withstood the threats of revolution witnessed abroad and underpinned the longer term survival of aristocratic power in Britain.
Delivery, timings and dates:
The course will be delivered by a series of 4 video lectures, and separate group Q&As with the course tutor via a video conferencing platform. Participants will also receive a reading list, course literature and activities. Links and details will be sent to participants shortly before the course begins. Lectures will be released at 7pm each Thursday and will be available to view for a month and half.