Foreigners and urban society in early modern France

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370861
• 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: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Koyama Keiko 神戸大学, 人文学研究科, 准教授 (60380698)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 近世フランス都市 / 外国人 / 同郷団 / リヨン / 帰化 / 市民権

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Lyon has developed as an international commercial city with foreigners since acquiring the right of fairs in 1462. According to a survey on register of residents in 1597, the local inhabitants were only 22%. In this research, first I investigated how outsiders reside in Lyon. As a result, it turned out that they lived mixedly in the city without forming a foreign settlement. In addition, people who came from a same town formed a self-governing "nation". Secondly, I analyzed the terms and rules of Florentine nation, and considered a way of discipline and mutual help in their circle and how to interact with host society. Third, I examined the naturalization of foreigners and the acquisition of citizenship. Through the letters of naturalisation, I analyzed what purpose and strategy were based on their selections.

Free Research Field

近世フランス史