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The Growth of Charlemagne legend and the Abbey of Saint-Denis at the Early Capetian

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15520472
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field History of Europe and America
Research InstitutionShigakukan University

Principal Investigator

OZAKI Junichi  Shigakukan Univ., Fac.of Humanities, professor, 人間関係学部, 教授 (40101406)

Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2005
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
KeywordsSaint-Denis / Suger / Charlemagne / Lendit / relics of the Passion / Descriptio / Indictum / false document / カペー王権 / 聖遺物 / ランディ大市 / レガリア
Research Abstract

A series of the historiographical works accomplished in the abbey of Saint-Denis in the Middle Ages is well-known. But at the same time, as Bernard de Clairvaux said "Vulcan's atelier", many false documents and fishy stories were fabricated in the work. It seems to cause some misunderstandings in the research on them. I examined the Descriptio and the false charter of Charlemagne.
The relics of the Passion (the crown of thorns and the nail) described in the Descriptio have been believed to have relation to the origin of the Lendit. And one has argued frequently Suger's writings as evidence. "Indictum exterius in platea, interius enim sanctorum erat, libentissime reddidit" (Suger, Vita Ludovici) should be translated into "He gave back generously the outer Lendit in the fields, because the ceremony in the basilica had been hold for Saints for a long time." In short, Suger intentionally or not takes Indictum ambiguously.
The charter of Charlemagne (DK 286) has been argued as a false document fabricated in the 12^<th> Century. Then, one has been led to many misunderstandings, and the argument has come to a deadlock. We have to remember that this document had appeared for the first time in Jacques Doublet's book (1625) as Elizabeth Brown noticed in 1992. In a word, this false charter was fabricated by J.Doublet or his contemporaries. And then, this difficult problem on DK 286 dissolves in an instant.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2005 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2004 Annual Research Report
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2006

All Journal Article (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] 歴史の創作-サン=ドニ修道院の受難聖遺物を巡って-2006

    • Author(s)
      小崎 閏一
    • Journal Title

      史学研究 251号

      Pages: 48-67

    • NAID

      40007262450

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] A Fabrication of History. On the Relics of the Passion of Saint-Denis2006

    • Author(s)
      OZAKI, Junichi
    • Journal Title

      Shigaku Kenkyu No.251

      Pages: 48-67

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 歴史の創作 -サン=ドニ修道院の受難聖遺物を巡って-2006

    • Author(s)
      小崎閏一
    • Journal Title

      史学研究 251号

      Pages: 48-67

    • NAID

      40007262450

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2003-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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