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- Title
Mommsen, Hübner, Haverfield, Watkin and Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum vol. VII.
- Authors
Freeman, P. W. M.
- Abstract
Nineteenth-century scholarship saw the rise of the systematic organizing of knowledge, one component of which was the handling of evidence from antiquity. The trend might be regarded as professionalization in introducing higher standards of recording and commentary, work which tended to be undertaken by 'professionals', but which risked exacerbating rivalries between academics. It also accentuated the boundaries between those who had traditionally contributed to the study of that evidence--the non-academic amateurs and antiquaries--and those who regarded themselves as best suited to do such work. In Britain such tensions were played out in the reaction of regional antiquaries and archaeologists to the increasing influence of academics in shaping the agenda for Romano-British studies. This paper reviews how the history of the study of Roman inscriptions in Britain has been written from the perspective of Oxford scholars. It focuses upon the relationship between Theodor Mommsen and Francis Haverfield, and the contribution of William Thompson Watkin.
- Subjects
MOMMSEN, Theodor, 1817-1903; HAVERFIELD, F. (Francis), 1860-1919; HUBNER, Emil; ROMAN antiquities in Great Britain; PROFESSIONALIZATION; WATKIN, William Thompson
- Publication
Journal of the History of Collections, 2014, Vol 26, Issue 3, p423
- ISSN
0954-6650
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jhc/fhu020