著者

岩谷 道夫

出版者

法政大学キャリアデザイン学部

雑誌

法政大学キャリアデザイン学部紀要 (ISSN:13493043)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.11, pp.21-39, 2014-03

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The Jutes and the Frisians were the old Germanic tribes who had been described in the works of the Roman historians. We can also find those two Germanic tribes in the Finn Episode in Beowulf, the largest epic in old English and in the Fight at Finnsburh, one of the oldest poems written in English. The story in those old English works is about the battle between the Frisians and the Danes, and the Jutes had an important role in it. At first the Jutes had inhabited Jutland, which means the land of the Jutes. But later, in the old English poems mentioned above, they lived in the vicinity of the Frisians. Why they can be found there is a difficult problem which has been argued by many scholars. Fr. Klaeber is one of the most eminent researchers of Beowulf in the 20th century and his third edition of Beowulf is thought to be the most excellent one which has ever been published. He also argues on the Jutish problem and presents some important comments about it. This paper first aims at searching for the territories of the Jutes and the Frisians in the works of the Roman historians and the old English poems. And it also investigates the view of Fr. Klaeber through his comments and map in his third edition. It finally attempts to pursue the true history of the Jutes suggested in the battle between the Frisians and the Danes.

著者

岩谷 道夫

出版者

法政大学キャリアデザイン学部

雑誌

法政大学キャリアデザイン学部紀要 = 法政大学キャリアデザイン学部紀要 (ISSN:13493043)

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vol.12, pp.133-151, 2015-03

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The Jutes are one of the Germanic tribes who migrated to Britain in the middle of the 5th century. According to Beda they came from the northern part of Jutland. Tacitus had also referred to them as Eudoses dwelling in the northern Jutland in his time. But in the old English poems such as Widsith and Beowulf we find them in the vicinity of the Frisian dominions in the 5th century, when they were about to migrate to Britain. So there are two views about the original home of the Jutes. One is Jutland and the other is Friesland. R. W. Chamber, one of the most eminent scholars in the history of Beowulfresearch, presented a voluminous book, which deals with many difficult problems about Beowulf He challenged to resolve them and established some important theories about it. His another book, concerning Widsith,explained the Germanic tribes in it minutely. Both in his two works he referred to the Jutes and developed his view exhaustively. This paper tries to survey the Chamber's two works and investigate his view about the Jutes. The Jutes have an important role in the fight at Finnsburg narrated in the Finn Episode in Beowulf So his view about them is concentrated upon it This paper attempts to grasp the significance of the Jutes' role in the Finn Episode and to clarify the reason why they are in Friesland. While consulting the Chambers' works it also examines the view of Fr. Klaeber who published the excellent edition of Beowulf and the Fight at Finnsburg. Finally it aims to search into the entity of the Jutes.

著者

岩谷 道夫

出版者

法政大学キャリアデザイン学部

雑誌

法政大学キャリアデザイン学部紀要 (ISSN:13493043)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.3, pp.219-236, 2006-03

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The Saxons are among the Germanic tribes who moved from the European continent to the island of Britain in the age of the Germanic migration. After their movement to Britain,the Saxons,together with the Angles and Jutes,estabilshed the so-called Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy. Alfred the Great,who finally united all the other English nations,was the king of a West-Saxon kingdom created by the Saxons. In contrast with the Angles and Jutes,however,the Saxons did not migrate from their homeland totally. The Sachsen,their German kindred,stayed in their continental homeland and they subsequently played an important role in German history. This paper searches for the original entity of the Saxons and for its relation to the continental Sachsen. The formation of the Saxons is not clearly understood and there are several views on the matter. Two Germanic tribes,the Chauci and Reudigni,seem to have contributed much to the tribal formation of the Saxons. But it is still an open issue which tribe or tribes formed the Saxons. It is also unclear how the Saxons came to occupy the vast dominion of the Chauci. Those matters are to be sought entirely through the investigation into the references made by Roman writers and modern scholars. The historical relationship between Saxons and Sachsen is also purued in order to illuminate the mutual influences in religion and culture in the early middle ages.

著者

岩谷 道夫

出版者

法政大学キャリアデザイン学部

雑誌

法政大学キャリアデザイン学部紀要 (ISSN:13493043)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.4, pp.171-190, 2007-03

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Among the Germanic tribes who migrated from the continent to Britain, the Angles formed the two important kingdoms of Northumbria and Mercia, which were quite prosperous in the early history of England. In Northumbria, for example, Beda and Alcuin were outstanding in learning and religion, and their works influenced the cultures and thought of later Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. The cultural influence of the Angles eventually led to the name -for that part of the British Ilses: England. This paper aims to search for the homeland of the Angles before their migration to Britain. They were said to have lived in the northern part of today's Germany. But it is also said that they had been staying farther south. Which was their true homeland and from which direction did the Angles migrate to Britain? On the other hand, there is a possibility that the Angles had a strong relationship with the Thuringians, especially in the formation of their kingdom. How then did the Angles establish the Thuringian kingdom and when was it? The views of modern scholars on those questions are divided and are not entirely argued on the same grounds. This paper tries to deal with those questions on the same basis, referring mainly to the works of the Roman historians. It also tries to seek for the probable homeland of the Angles and their traces of migration with regard to the Thuringian kingdom.