2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Reconsidering the role of Parliament in early modern England: an quantiative study
Project/Area Number |
26884066
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
History of Europe and America
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Research Institution | Hokkai-Gakuen University (2015-2016) Kanazawa Gakuin University (2014) |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2014-08-29 – 2016-03-31
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Keywords | 近世イングランド / 議会史 / コーンウォル / 強制借用金 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research project attempted to explore hpw parliament worked in ealry modern England by using a quantitative method. First, the datebase of members of parliament in early modern England was constructed on the basis of their biographical information, such as ‘career number of constituencies’, ‘the rate of the locals’ and ‘the rate of moves within a county’. Second, by utilizing this datebase, it studied the general feature of the members who were returned for the boroughs and county of Cornwall in the Elizabethan and early Stuart periods, and who refused forced loan imposed by government in 1626-1627.
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Free Research Field |
英国近世史
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