1997 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
The development of settlement and human mentality in the germanic Ancient and early Middle Ages
Project/Area Number |
07610380
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
History of Europe and America
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Research Institution | Shizuoka University |
Principal Investigator |
MIURA Hirokazu Shizuoka Uni., Factory of humanities & social sciences, Professor, 人文学部, 教授 (70042116)
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Project Period (FY) |
1995 – 1997
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Keywords | natura / lebender Leichnam / German / Gemeinschaft / settlement / folksbelief / appearances of souls / view of human being |
Research Abstract |
In the area of european cultur in the Ancient and Middle Ages, germanic tribes had the process of growth and developement in dwelling and their mentalities. (1). In the process of urgermanic "Altweilersiedlung" was there the idea of "Lebens-feuer". "Das gemeinschaftliche Leben" on the cooperations in the settlement was been worked. (2). They had the idea of "lebender Leichnam, feelings of protection or fear for dead persons and the states of their apearances. (3). "natura, die Kraft des naturlichen Wachstums was believed, Maibaum (Maypole) was built, woods and straws lighted up the sky, people stregthen" natura.
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