Regional typology of town houses of Medieval France

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370877
• 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: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Horikoshi Koichi 早稲田大学, 教育・総合科学学術院, 教授 (20255194)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 中世ヨーロッパ / 都市 / 町家 / サンチャゴ巡礼

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We investigated the geographical distribution of two types of medieval townhouses, "Cluny style" stone townhouse with openings of Gothic style arch and half-timbered wooden townhouse having the opening with horizontal beam. The hypothesis that the former is a special type of architecture popularized in medieval cities along the route of Santiago de Compostela in south central France, whereas the latter is a more universal architectural style, was generally proved.
However, we found some counterexamples in field survey. In the Toulouse region, even in the Santiago pilgrim’s way city, there are cities where there are no remaining stone townhouses, while in the Burgundy region we found that there remains "Cluny style" townhouses in cities and villages unrelated to the Santiago pilgrim’s way. Explanations between these principles and exceptions are future tasks.

Free Research Field

中近世ヨーロッパ史