Political Societies in Medieval Alps: Mountain Towns and Surrounding Localities

• Project/Area Number: 25770273
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: History of Europe and America
• Research Institution: Konan University
• Principal Investigator: Sato Hitomi 甲南大学, 文学部, 准教授 (80644278)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: アルプス史 / 中世政治文化史 / ティロル南部 / 山間都市 / 間地域性（インターローカリティ） / 公証人 / 裁判帳簿 / アルプス文書 / 国際研究者交流 イタリア / ティロル史 / 貴族史 / 14―15世紀 / 南ティロル / アルト・アディジェ / アルプス / 中世アルプス都市 / 貴族 / 政治的ネットワーク

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project aimed to analyze the interactions of political actions and legal cultures between local societies in the relationships between the mountainous environment and urban centres in the European Alpine regions of the Middle Ages. In South Tyrol, where towns like Merano and Bolzano became places where burghers and nobles collaborated for the sake of daily conflict resolution, their political actions contributed to developing personal networks and shared interests extended to an area wider than local spheres. The amalgam of legal cultures is also examined by analyzing the development of particular types of legal documents, i.e., South Tyrolian notarial registers and books of jurisdiction (Gerichtsbuch). This project conceptualized such an extension of space and relationship created by the actions of local political subjects, which are open to changes themselves and alternative to the political framework determined by public authorities as based on the concept of interlocality.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 中世ティロル貴族の分裂と同盟――「鷹同盟」を中心に―― (2016)
  • Author(s): 佐藤公美
  • Journal Title: 甲南大學紀要 文学編 Volume: 166 Pages: 169-178
  • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 地域を超える「争い」と「平和」――中世後期アルプスとイタリア半島における「間地域性」―― (2016)
  • Author(s): 佐藤公美
  • Journal Title: 洛北史学 Volume: 18
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] Tra la politica e la professione. Gestire le risorse umane e sociali a Merano del Quattrocento (2016)
  • Author(s): Hitomi Sato
  • Organizer: "Per sei giorni lavorerai". Fare reddito e fare impresa nelle societa' preindustriali
  • Place of Presentation: Universita' della Svizzera italiana, Accademia di architettura （メンドリジオ市・スイス）
  • Year and Date: 2016-01-21
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] 基調報告：シンポジウム アルプスからのインターローカル・ヒストリー ―＜地域＞から＜間地域＞へ－ (2015)
  • Author(s): 佐藤公美
  • Organizer: アルプスからのインターローカル・ヒストリー ―＜地域＞から＜間地域＞へ－
  • Place of Presentation: 甲南大学（兵庫県・神戸市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-12-20
• [Presentation] 地域を超える「争い」と「平和」――中世後期イタリア－アルプス南北における間地域性―― (2015)
  • Author(s): 佐藤公美
  • Organizer: 第17回洛北史学大会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都府立大学（京都府・京都市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-06
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 中世後期ティロル南部における公証人・公証人登記簿・裁判帳簿 (2015)
  • Author(s): 佐藤公美
  • Organizer: 第65回日本西洋史学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 富山大学（富山県富山市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-17
• [Presentation] Citta' e nobilta' nel Tirolo meridionale (XIV-XV secolo) (2014)
  • Author(s): Hitomi Sato
  • Organizer: Comunita' e conflitti nelle Alpi tra tardo medioevo e prima eta' moderna. Convegno internazionale organizzato per la conclusione del progetto di ricerca "ALP. COM"
  • Place of Presentation: Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy
• [Presentation] 14・15世紀ヴァリスにおける戦争と司教・貴族・共同体――ラーロン戦争と「ヴァリスの地の共同体」―― (2013)
  • Author(s): 佐藤公美
  • Organizer: 西洋史読書会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学
• [Book] アルプスからのインターローカル・ヒストリー―＜地域＞から＜間地域＞へ― (2016)
  • Author(s): 佐藤公美、マッシモ・デッラ・ミゼリコルディア、渡邉裕一、蔵持重裕、稲葉継陽、服部良久
  • Total Pages: 142
  • Publisher: 佐藤公美研究室
• [Book] Communities and Conflicts in the Alps from the Late Middle Ages to Early Modernity (2015)
  • Author(s): Marco Bellabarba, Marcello Bonazza, Emanuel Curzel, Massimo Della Misericordia, Yoshihisa Hattori, Vincenzo Lavenia, Taku Minagawa,Hannes Obermair, Katia Occhi, Alessandro Paris, Luigi Provero, Hitomi Sato,Toshiyuki Tanaka, Carlo Taviani
  • Publisher: Societa’ editrice il Mulino - Duncker & Humblot