A modern legal history of treasure

A modern legal history of treasure / N.M. Dawson.

"This book examines treasure law and practice from the rise of the new science of archaeology in the early Victorian period to the present day. Drawing on largely-unexamined state records and other archives, the book covers several legal jurisdictions: England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland pre-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dawson, Norma (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Series:Palgrave modern legal history series.
Subjects:
Treasure troves > Law and legislation > Great Britain.
Cultural property > Protection > Law and legislation > Great Britain.
Antiquities
Cultural property > Protection > Law and legislation
Treasure troves > Law and legislation
Great Britain > Antiquities.
Great Britain
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Table of Contents:
  • Treasure trove : dream and metaphor
  • The ancient blunderbuss : treasure trove in England and Wales, c. 1837
  • Treasure trove in early Victorian Ireland and Scotland
  • Conversaziones
  • Of angels and half-angels
  • The view from the Gloriette I : treasure trove in England and Wales, 1903-1996, part one
  • The view from the Gloriette II : treasure trove in England and Wales, 1903-1996, part two
  • "The royal rummager of dustbins" : Scotland, 1859-2003
  • "Archaeological objects" : Ireland, 1860-2014, Northern Ireland, 1921-97
  • "Finding is the first act."

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