2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Historical transformation of Naturalization in early modern England
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23720367
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
History of Europe and America
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| Research Institution | Kumamoto University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 帰化 / 近世イングランド / ナショナリティ / アイデンティティ |
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| Research Abstract |
This research presents three findings. Firstly, in early modern England, the features of the system of the naturalization are its multilayered and variable one. Additionally, by the act in 1609, it seems to conclude that religion provided the crucial definition of nationality and difference between the selfness and the otherness. Secondly, this research reveals the details of naturalized subjects and denizens. The result indicated that the target for naturalization shifted gradually from the Scottish and the English children who were foreign born to aliens from abroad. Thirdly, the result of investigation into the status of the English-born children of aliens in early modern London shows that Londoners recognized these children not as natural born subjects, but as aliens. In conclusion, authorities in London accepted a notion of belonging, namely Englishness, which was grounded in parental lineage rather than in birth in the territory of the sovereign.
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[Remarks] Junko Nakagawa, 'Naturalization and the Otherness in Early Modern England ', in Multiculturalism and Racial Problems in Twenties Century Britain, The 5^<th> Japanese-Korean Conference of British History, 20^<th> to 22^<nd> June 2013, Silla University , Busan, Korea, pp.89-98.
