Cultural Heritage, British Diplomacy, and the German Peace Settlement of 1919. Issue 2 (3rd April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Goldstein, Erik
• Is Part Of: Diplomacy and statecraft. Volume 30:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 336
• Page End: 357
• Publication Date: 2019-04-03
• Subjects: Diplomacy -- Periodicals; World politics -- Periodicals; International relations -- Periodicals; 327
• DOI: 10.1080/09592296.2019.1619038
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0959-2296

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Restitution of cultural objects was one of the topics covered in the Treaty of Versailles and the related peace treaties. Britain made specific claims in Article 246 relating to the Koran of Caliph Othman and the Skull of Sultan Mkwawa, whilst the Foreign Office considered other claims. Britain's policy on cultural restitution influenced growing international norms, but it should also be seen in the context of Britain's wider diplomatic concerns, stretching from the time of Castlereagh into the post-Second World War era.