What is it about?
Harry Longueville Jones (1806-70) is best known for his work as an antiquary and schools inspector in Wales. However, he began his antiquarian work by surveying medieval churches in Paris. This article examines how Jones developed his antiquarian interests while living in Paris (1835-42), and sets this in the broader context of French influence on antiquarianism and heritage preservation in nineteenth-century Britain and Ireland.
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Why is it important?
The article provides the first detailed examination of Jones's engagement with French antiquarianism and the heritage measures of the July Monarchy. It therefore challenges the tendency to place Jones only in a Welsh context, and brings a new dimension to the understanding both of his achievements and of connections between British and French antiquarianism.
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I first became aware that Jones had been influenced by the French government's measures to survey and preserve historic monuments while undertaking a wider study of medievalism in Victorian Wales. Working on this article was refreshing as it took my research in a new direction, especially by giving me the opportunity to explore aspects of nineteenth-century French history.
Prof Huw Pryce
Bangor University
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This page is a summary of: HARRY LONGUEVILLE JONES, FSA, MEDIEVAL PARIS AND THE HERITAGE MEASURES OF THE JULY MONARCHY, The Antiquaries Journal, July 2016, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s000358151600024x.
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