Government of the seventeenth-century eastern suburbs of London through the coordination of the authorities

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K13222
• 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: Tokai University
• Principal Investigator: Sugahara Miu 東海大学, 文学部, 准教授 (10645310)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: ポリス / チャリティ / 中間層 / 都市統治 / ロンドン / 都市化 / 学校 / 救貧

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The research reveals that the elite inhabitants of Stepney parish in the eastern suburbs of London collaborated with the members of the livery companies, that is, the citizens of London, in the management of charities, at least until the third quarter of the seventeenth century. This is an important finding because it confirms the co-ordination between elite Londoners living within and without the city wall, and suggests that the governance of the eastern suburbs of London in the early modern period was based on a co-operative relationship between multiple powers concerned.

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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

大都市化に伴う問題が先駆的かつ先鋭的に現れた17世紀のロンドン郊外において、どのような問題や局面を前に統治が機能し、機能し得なかったのかについての知見は、貧困、外国人との共存、食糧・エネルギー供給、環境汚染といった同様の課題を抱える今日の日本の社会にとって重要な示唆を与え得るものだと言える。