2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Secular Strategies of Religious Communities : Studies of the monasteries in medieval England
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15520454
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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 | UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS |
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Principal Investigator |
MIYAGI Toru University of the Ryukyus, Faculty of Law and Letters, Professor, 法文学部, 教授 (90258294)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YAMASHIRO Hiromichi Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Letters, Professor, 大学院文学研究科, 教授 (80113372)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2006
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| Keywords | Anglo-Normar period / monastery, abbey / secular strategy / religious community / the Norman Conquest / medieval England / estates management / market |
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| Research Abstract |
The research has aimed to clarify a real image of the monasteries as a religious enterprise and some characteristics of their secular strategies in East Anglia at the Anglo-Norman period.
Miyagi clarified that the abbey of Bury St Edmunds could keep the damage on its possessions to a minimum, though many monasteries in East Anglia suffered considerable losses in their vested interests through the Norman Conquest. He also pointed out that some secular strategies driven by Baldwin abbot of Bury St Edmunds, such as the use of his personal connection to William the Conqueror and the introduction of the documents into the administration of the estates, enabled the abbey to strive for the maintenance of its possessions after the Norman Conquest.
Yamashiro clarified that the foundations of the cells in the important places, such as Bishop's Lynn and Yarmouth, by Herbert Losinga bishop of Norwich were strategic policies to aim the government in the diocese of East Anglia.
Yamashiro also made it clear that the monastic foundations by Augustinians were carried out strategically through the using of the personal network constructed between them and many magnates as a patron.
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Research Products
(22 results)
