Subjects and Citizens in Restoration England: A Study in Cultural History

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25770268
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: History of Europe and America
• Research Institution: Toyo University
• Principal Investigator: Goto Harumi 東洋大学, 文学部, 准教授 (00540379)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: イギリス / 近世 / カトリック / 排除危機 / 公共圏 / 大衆出版

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project explores various changes of political society and political culture in Restoration Britain, by focusing on the double identity of the political nation as the subjects and the citizens of the monarchical republic. In particular, it considers the exclusion crisis in the 1670s and 1680s based on emerging court reports, popular prints, and various other materials. In so doing, it enables us to recapture the event as a part of “the Restoration crisis” of the Stuart three kingdoms, and sheds some light on a significant phase of the development of the early modern public spheres.

Free Research Field

史学・西洋史