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)

巻号頁・発行日

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.