A ntiquaries and Antiquities in Eighteenth-Century England

Sweet, Rosemary

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“…He was instrumental in institutionalizing science within foreign policy and the imperial administration (Gascoigne 1998;Hoock 2010a: 16). The French were regarded as more advanced than the British, particularly in the study of their Roman past, and Banks used his considerable influence, including close links with the British Royal Family, to promote the study of Romano-British antiquities (on patronage, see Hoock 2003aHoock , 2010aSweet 2001Sweet : 34, 2004a. Numerous papers in Archaeologia are dedicated to Banks, and Lysons, in particular, benefited enormously from his patronage.…”

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“…The appropriation, accurate recording and publication of the archaeological remains of ancient societies became an arena for fierce international competition during this period and rivalry, particularly with the French, was intense (on eighteenth-century patriotism and the development of national consciousness, see e.g., Newman 1997;Colley1984, 1986Colley1984, , 1992Hoock 2010a;Kidd 1996; on science and national identity, see e.g., Gascoigne 1998; on patriotism and rivalry in the arts, see e.g., Craske 1997; Newman 1997: 111-113; Hoock 2010a; on AngloFrench rivalry, see Sweet 2001Sweet : 34, 2004aBallantyne 2002;Hoock 2007Hoock , 2010a. Banks was a driving force in the development of national institutions to rival those of Continental counterparts and competitors, and he appreciated and nurtured Lysons' talents.…”

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“…However, it was only in the latter part of the eighteenth century that the accurate measurement of remains and antiquities came to be seen as an essential element of antiquarian projects, and that antiquaries were frequently judged on their abilities in this respect (Lynch and Lynch 1968: 56;Sweet 2001: 189). The Director of the Society of Antiquaries from 1771-1791, Richard Gough (1735-1809, was passionate in his belief that because artefacts and monuments were important sources of information about 'the manners and customs of the past', fieldwork and accurate observation and recording should underpin all antiquarian endeavours, in order to avoid historic inaccuracies and 'flights of fancy ' (Gough 1768;Sweet 2001Sweet : 189, 2004bSmiles 2007 The new edition of Camden's Britannia, published in 1695 more than a hundred years since it first appeared, and translated and edited by antiquarian scholar Edmund Gibson (1669-1748), stimulated interest in Roman Britain, so much so that the second edition appeared in 1722, and further revisions by Richard Gough were published in 1789 and 1806 (Ayres 1997: 102-104;Sweet 2001: 160, 185). John Horsley's Britannia Romana published in 1732, was perhaps the most influential British volume and dominated the study of Roman Britain until the end of the eighteenth century and beyond (Ayres 1997: 103;Sweet 2004a: 162;Hingley 2008: 155).…”

Section: Excavating Roman Britain: Lysons At Woodchester and Bignormentioning

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“…Lysons moved in intellectual circles where the concern for the accuracy of recording archaeological sites was not only the primary motivation of undertaking any study, but it was also considered to be essential for doing justice for the posterity of the nation (Lindley 2012;Smiles 2007;Nurse 2007;Ballantyne 2002;Sweet 2001). In this he was also influenced and encouraged by his acquaintances.…”

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“…In particular Romano-British archaeology has long been marginalized within Classical scholarship, occupying a 'liminal' position between 'Classical' and 'European' archaeology (Henig 2004: 134). While recent scholarship concerning antiquarian interest in Roman Britain represents a very significant step towards redressing this balance (see e.g., Sweet 2001;Hingley 2008), there is still much to be done to improve our understanding of the ways in which scholars, working in this field, developed and refined their interests and methodologies, and how their work shaped subsequent scholarship.…”

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Samuel Lysons and His Circle: Art, Science and the Remains of Roman Britain

Scott

2013

Bulletin of the History of Archaeology

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This paper critically evaluates the social and intellectual influences which shaped Samuel Lysons’ (1763–1819) interests in the archaeological remains of Roman Britain, and assesses the extent to which his work was innovative. While Romano-British archaeologists have long admired his achievements, there has been no detailed examination of the factors influencing the development of his interests and approach. This paper will outline how Lysons’ social networks, his genuine concern for preserving and recording Romano-British remains, his broad scholarly interests, and the support of an intellectual elite involved with the expansion of national institutions during a period characterized by intense international rivalry, resulted in his exemplary approach to the excavation and publication of the remains of Roman Britain. Scrutiny of newspaper reports, diaries, correspondence, and the previously unpublished contents of his personal library, and an examination of his publications in relation to contemporary Classical and scientific scholarship, shows how and why his work was at the forefront of archaeological scholarship in this period. The results of this study support his reputation as a founding father of Romano-British archaeology and show that both he and his associates deserve far wider recognition of their contributions to the development of archaeology as a whole

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2013

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Antiquarianism

Grimes¹

2012

The Encyclopedia of Romantic Literature

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It is commonplace to observe that English Romantic‐era culture was marked by a pervasive fascination with Britain's Celtic, Roman, Saxon, and medieval past, and it is thus fitting that antiquarian research and writing would be prominently represented in the published works of the period. Romantic antiquarianism took its place within, and (as will be evident shortly) largely concluded, a longstanding discursive tradition in English letters that had begun with such writers as William Camden and John Stow in the sixteenth century, was continued by Roger Dodsworth, John Aubrey, and others in the seventeenth century, and that reached its most influential form in the works of Henry Bourne, William Stukeley, Richard Gough, Francis Grose, John Brand, Joseph Strutt, and others in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. As a mode of writing, antiquarianism is widely varied, defined more by the approach to its subject matter – a fascination with ancient artefacts, documents, and cultural practices – than by any distinctive formal characteristics. That said, antiquarian writing does present several identifiable generic features: it tends to be anecdotal and often collectively written as the author/compiler passes along whatever received information or illustrative tales have happened into his ken; its organization tends to be associative rather than, for example, the chronological or causal narratives of history proper; it tends to be more descriptive than polemical, probably because it typically foregrounds the actual literary, documentary, and archeological discoveries of the antiquary rather than treating such artefacts as evidence in a more comprehensive historical or philosophical argument. Indeed, the ancient documents, monuments, and artefacts described in antiquarian writing are usually presented as though they are intrinsically significant and therefore do not require the framework of a more elaborate intellectual context or historical thesis.

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2023

The New Antiquity

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A ntiquaries and Antiquities in Eighteenth-Century England

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