Governmental structures under the French Absolute Monarchy through examination of the subdelegates of intendants
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17520505
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
History of Europe and America
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| Research Institution | Seijo University |
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Principal Investigator |
HAYASHIDA Shinichi Seijo University, Faculty of Arts and Literature, Professor, 文芸学部, 教授 (10173048)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2006
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2006)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
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| Keywords | absolute monarchy / history of administration / local history / France |
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| Research Abstract |
The aim of this research was to demonstrate the nature of the governmental structures of the early modern France by examining the subdelegates on intendants. Focus was on their real role in the local administration of the absolute monarchy overlooked in the tradition of legal and institutional history. As a case study, the subdelegates of Angers in the intendancy of Tours.
The intendants, who were strangers to a province and had their own agents in a very small number, relied on the subdelegates recruited from local natables and informde well of local affairs. The subdelegates interrelated the demands of the central government with the local needs. They performed mediation functions.
In this era when provincial and municipal powers still survived and representative institutions did not exist, ambiguities of the subdelegates worked well for the local administration of the absolute monarchy.
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