Foreigners and diplomats in 18th century France : case of the British

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K22020
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0103:History, archaeology, museology, and related fields
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: MISE Haruka 大阪大学, 大学院人文学研究科(人文学専攻、芸術学専攻、日本学専攻), 准教授 (70881473)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-09-11 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 近世ヨーロッパ / 国際関係 / 外国人 / 外交官

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study attempts to clarify the relationship between foreigners and the state in 18th century France in relation to the orderly formation of European international society by examining the role of their fellow diplomats in overcoming the difficulties that foreigners in early modern Europe faced because they were foreigners, whose treatment and rights were unclear in both national and international law. By reading research documents on diplomatic history and the history of international relations, as well as documents of foreign ministers collected in the archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the suburbs of Paris, we have been able to understand the diversity of issues in which foreigners sought protection from their own diplomats, the role diplomats played as intermediaries and protectors in the maintenance of foreigners' property, and the various forms of protection the state provided to its citizens who stayed or resided abroad.

Free Research Field

近世フランス史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、日本ではほぼ未開拓の分野に属する近世ヨーロッパの外交官と外国人に関する研究のなかでも、ほとんど実態が知られていない外交官による自国民の保護的活動に関して、外交史や国際関係史の研究動向を踏まえ、一次史料の分析にもとづいて行われた初めての研究である。外交官の職務や規範、自国民への個別的保護の例外的性格と実際に試みられた保護の内容を明らかにする本研究は、近世の外交文化の特性や、臣民共同体と外交官を派遣する彼らの国家との関係のあり方の解明につながる。さらに、国民と国家の利害を代表する近代的な外交への移行の過程を具体的に明らかにすることにも貢献できる。