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Réf.

42901

Type

chapter

Titre

The royal placat of 1666: briefly about background and further importance

Langues

English

Auteurs

Adlercreutz, Thomas

Maison d'édition

ICOMOS ICLAFI (International Committee on Legal, Administrative and Financial Issues) / ICOMOS Estonia / Estonian Academy of Arts

Date

2017

Pages

p. 6-15

Titre de la source

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF HERITAGE LEGISLATION. BALANCE BETWEEN LAWS AND VALUES. International conference October 12-13, 2016 Niguliste Museum Tallinn, Estonia Conference proceedings

ISBN

978-9949-88-197-0

Mots-clés

concepts / protection of cultural heritage / protection of archaeological heritage / historical surveys / history of conservation / values / legislation / legal protection / national legislation

Pays mentionnés

Sweden

Monuments et sites

Conservation Act of Sweden 1666

Résumé en anglais

The royal ”Placat” of 1666, issued by the governing council under the minority of King Charles XI Sweden, has in some circles in Sweden been hailed as ”the first antiquities legislation of the world”. Ironically, this is very much inkeeping with theories, entertained by the 17th century academicians particularly at Uppsala University, that Sweden itself was also the origin of all civilisation. This extravagant notion has been fuelled both by Sweden`s military success in the Thirty Year's War and by a very imaginative reading of the Old Testament, compared to remains and place names in Sweden. In the article, I shall endeavour to translate excerpts of the placat into modern English. I shall also look into preceding legal texts from other jurisdictions, and investigate possible similarities. Furthermore, I will look into the Swedish background to this document. An interesting trace is one leading to Rome, where the abdicated Swedish Queen Christina resided, still with many bonds to Sweden and her cousin's dowager and their son, Charles XI, and his governing council. Finally, I shall try to evaluate the importance of the placat and summarise what happened afterwards.

URL

http://iclafi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Historical-perspective-of-Heritage-Legislation.pdf

Document joint

Adlercreutz. ICLAFI 2016-march2019.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)