The Transformation of "Frontiers": German Colinization in Medieval Czech

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24720342
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: History of Europe and America
• Research Institution: Shizuoka University (2013-2014); Shumei University (2012)
• Principal Investigator: FUJII Masao 静岡大学, 人文社会科学部, 准教授 (70531755)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 中世植民

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I analyzed the German colonization in the domain of Olomouc bishops in the 13th centuries. In the result, I pointed the following. (1) continuously, the knights from German colonized actively, (2) when the bishops delegated the colonized villages as a feud, it had registered the military services more concretely, (3) the bishops organized the knights from Czech as the vassals in the court of Olomouc bishops as well as from German, (4) there were enough lands to cultivate from Moravia to Silesia and the necessary to impose the military services. In addition, I confirmed by a field examination in medieval colonized village, Hamlikov, that (1) there is a source which absolutely necessary for daily life of colonists, (2) be located high as compared to the surrounding lands, then suggest a possible problem with the agricultural practices.

Free Research Field

ヨーロッパ中世史