Confessional Trans-State Networks at the beginning of the Age of Nationalism

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370850
• 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: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: NISHIKAWA Sugiko 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 准教授 (80324888)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 啓蒙 / 宗教 / 国民国家化 / ユグノー / ネットワーク

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project examined confessional trans-state networks in the late 18th century. Although those networks were diminished by the mid-18th century, some Huguenot descendants in England still kept them alive and, when continental Protestants were under threat, tried to appeal to the British sense of solidarity with their co-religionists on the continent. For example, J. J. Majendie, a church of England clergyman as well as a Huguenot descendant, attempted to mobilise the Anglican network in order to help them. His activities show the strength and endurance of the transnational Huguenot networks. In conclusion, this project suggests that the trans-national aspects of the confessional networks in the mid-18th century certainly illuminate the continuing role of religion in the Age of Reason, but more importantly they demonstrate the persisting ties and continuing communication between historically linked but geographically or politically separated communities across Europe.

Free Research Field

人文学