Nasrid society and the Western Mediterranean World in the 15th Century: maritime and terrestrial relationships

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K12542
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 03040:History of Europe and America-related
• Research Institution: Kanagawa University
• Principal Investigator: KURODA YUGA 神奈川大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (50581823)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 地中海 / スペイン / グラナダ / 異文化交渉

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The historical interpretation on the "Western Mediterranean region" of the late Middle Ages, where multiple religious communities and civilizations interacted with each other, have been divided between those of European History and Islamic Studies. This project is the first step toward shedding light on the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada, whose society is unclear due to the extremely poor state of surviving Arabic-language sources, from the various Western European sources (Christian kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula such as Castile, Aragon; City-State of Genoa) and Maghribian sources that have survived as a result of various exchanges by land and sea.

Free Research Field

西洋中世史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、民族・文化・宗教が混交を繰り返した前近代の地中海世界も実態解明を目的としている。今現在、世界各地で衝突と分断を引き起こしている三大一神教（ユダヤ教・キリスト教・イスラーム）は、かつてもそうであったように即断されているが、実のところ、前近代世界では、そうではなかった。中世地中海の人々の生き様を史料から再現し、来たるべき多様な社会の構築において示唆を与えることを目指す。