Protestant Agents of the Habsburg Monarchy

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K01064
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 03040:History of Europe and America-related
• Research Institution: Tokai University
• Principal Investigator: IIO TADAKI 東海大学, 文化社会学部, 教授 (80431352)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 宗派取次 / プロテスタント / ハプスブルク / 複合国家 / 宗派化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study attempted to elucidate the actual situation of the "denominational agency" that emerged in the Habsburg monarchy at the beginning of the 18th century. The agency set up in Vienna and Bratislava for Hungarian Protestants (Reformed and Evangelical churches) to submit petitions to the central court on religious issues. Although it seems important in considering how the Habsburg monarchy was governed its composite state, there has been little research on the subject. In this research period, I devoted to systematically collecting primary historical sources and reconstructing the system. As a result, I could complete the systematic collection of historical sources, but I could not achieve my goal of producing a monograph on the period of institutional formation within the research period, leaving me with the task of presenting the results of individual studies one after another.

Free Research Field

西洋史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究成果の学術的意義は、第一に、「宗派取次」というハプスブルク君主国史やハンガリー史の研究史上ほとんど顧みられてこなかった制度を具体的に明らかにしたことである。未公刊史料の体系的な収集の結果、取次役の人物プロフィールと活動実態、教会との関わりなど、これまで知られていない事実を明らかにすることができた。第二に、「宗派取次」の制度を君主国の宗派政策の中に位置づけ、近世の統治の特質把握に新たな視点を提供した点である。第三に、「宗派取次」という役職を通じてプロテスタント教会のネットワークや教会と有力貴族の結びつきについても新たな知見を加えることができた。