Studies on the Burgundian Itinerant Court Interacted with the Local Societies

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K03117
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of Europe and America
• Research Institution: University of Miyazaki
• Principal Investigator: NAKAHORI Hiroshi 宮崎大学, 教育学部, 教授 (90423558)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 西洋史 / 宮廷 / ブルゴーニュ / 中世 / 比較・交流史

Outline of Final Research Achievements

During the later Middle Ages, the Burgundian state, formed between the Holy Roman Empire and the realm of France, flourished for about a century. This itinerant court demonstrated outstanding presence and influence in the European scene, and moreover created the foundation of the courtly culture in the modern period. In this research, we carefully pursued the trace of this court, dispersed mainly among France, Belgium and Netherlands, through the documents and iconography, the old buildings (or their remnants) and the archaeological ruins, and then elucidated both its interaction with the local societies and various phases in the international exchange.

Free Research Field

人文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

ブルゴーニュ宮廷の空間とそこでの日常について、古今における現地の様子を伝える図像・画像等を交えた総合的な書物は未だ著されておらず、現在の独仏間各地で個別分散的に取り組まれているに過ぎない。それらを歴史学・美術史・考古学等の知見を駆使して、国際色豊かな学際的成果として提示すること、また、今盛んな文化財保護やツーリズムの成果をも汲み取って確かな研究成果を一般の人々にも向けて発信することに学術的かつ社会的意義がある。