studies on early printed books in Holland and Belgium

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K02578
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: European literature
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: Hieda Yoichiro 立命館大学, 文学部, 教授 (40218681)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 中世ヨーロッパ文学 / 宗教改革 / 反宗教改革 / 検閲 / 民衆本

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The texts of various versions after the European famous beast epic “Historie van Reynaert die vos”, published in 1479, have been translated and their historical backgrounds have been elucidated for the first time in this study. It can be also said with great possibility that the folk book “Reynaert de Vos” of 1564 has been published in the background of religious conflicts between Catholicism and Protestantism to propagate the Protestant teachings. In accordance with this aim the civilite-type was also introduced. Thereafter, “Reynaert den Vos, oft der Dieren Oordeel” has been published and it can be concretely attested that almost Christian religious terms were carefuly eliminated in this version.

Free Research Field

中世ヨーロッパ文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

中世ヨーロッパにおける狐を巡る民衆本の原文を全訳し、その内容を明るみに出しただけでなく、成立事情をはじめて詳細に分析した。当時アントワープに存在した教育者や著述家、版元、印刷業者というネットワークの存在を明らかにした。また書籍検閲の時代にあって、カトリック側による検閲および発禁処分の実態を詳しく提示し、修正された後の民衆本ではキリスト教関連の宗教用語が注意深く削除された事実をはじめて指摘した。