Special Topography and King-recluse Network of Medieval Europe

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520827
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of Europe and America
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
• Principal Investigator: CHIBA TOSHIYUKI 東京外国語大学, 大学院総合国際学研究院, 教授 (20345242)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 神聖ローマ帝国 / 聖人 / キリスト教 / 国王 / 隠者 / 地形 / 信仰 / ネットワーク

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research investigated the actual situation of the recluse-network around the year 1000, firstly by paying attention to the special topography such as a mountainous area, lagoons or caves, secondly by the on-the-spot investigation on the churches constructed in such a place and dedicated to the special patron saints, and thirdly by analyzing related documents. In addition, the process was elucidated how the archangel Michael veneration spread over Europe through the intermediation of Holy Roman emperor Otto III and in the background of the end awareness and the readiness for death of this time.

Free Research Field

ヨーロッパ中世史