Socio-economic relationships between settlements of the early medieval Po River delta.

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K01081
• 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: Oita University
• Principal Investigator: KIDO Teruko 大分大学, 経済学部, 教授 (10212169)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: コマッキオ / ラヴェンナ大司教 / 製塩 / 塩商業 / アドリア海沿岸部

Outline of Final Research Achievements

（1） Comacchio lost its status as a ‘nodal point’ of Mediterranean commerce once it was defeated in a struggle with Venice in the first half of the 10th century. It was later resettled on the basis of saltworks and fish farms, and achieved sustainable growth as a small city supporting the local economy of the delta region, up to the present day. It coexisted with the international commercial function of Venice. （2）The Archbishop of Ravenna and the Abbey of Pomposa were first and foremost rural lords based on the management of their estates, but the former was interested in and controlled the saltworks of Cervia and its salt commerce from the 11th century onwards.（3） The Adriatic coast on the eastern side of the Italian peninsula was originally ‘non-Frankish World’, and the small settlements there were still influenced by the political and socio-economic sphere of the Byzantine Empire.

Free Research Field

初期中世イタリア社会経済史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究成果は、2000年代以降のヨーロッパ歴史学界の研究動向に基づく。研究代表者は、重要な研究動向を以下3点と考え、新しい分析視角を提示した。成果物の発表には、学術的意義がある。（１）　考古学的発掘資料の増加と公開（Webサイトでの閲覧可能性も向上）により、定住史研究（都市-農村関係を含む）が飛躍的に進んだ。（２）　21世紀には旧東欧諸国の歴史がイタリア半島史と接合され、とりわけイタリア半島東側のアドリア海沿岸地域の歴史が注目されている。（３）　森林や沼沢地、干潟といった非耕作地（特に小麦などの穀物栽培ができない土壌）が、農村全体のいわばエコシステムに組み込まれて均衡を保っている。