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ProsopographyNeithard Bulst |
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Research Methods, February, 29 - March 3, 1996. 2 p.m.
The importance of prosopography as a "new" approach to social history is now well established and not questioned any longer. But there is still an ongoing debate what use should be made of prosopography, whether it is a proper historical method or just a combination of techniques which vary according to the question whether prosopography replaces biography, whether prosopography favours a pessimistic view of the historian - just to mention some of the main questions.
The object of the course is to give an introduction into the techniques of prosopography - including how to set up a computer data base - to demonstrate the advantages and the limits of (medieval) prosopography, and to discuss - among others - the above-mentioned issues.
| 1. February 29 | Sources and objectives of prosopography. Bibliography |
| 2. March 4 | Genealogy and biography - as prerequisite and complement of prosopography |
| 3. March 7 | Identification of persons and setting up of biographical notices |
| 4. March 11 | How to construct a group - use of a data base |
| 5. March 14 | Discussion of recent examples of prosopographical studies. Conclusion. |
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Beach, G., "The Scope of Medieval Prosopography", in: Medieval Prosopography 1, 1 (1980), S. pp. 3-7.
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Bulst, N. / Genet, J. - Ph. (ed.), Medieval Lives and the Historian: Studies in medieval prosopography. Proceedings of the First International Interdisciplinary Conference on Medieval Prosopography, University of Bielefeld, 3-5 Dec. 1982, Kalamazoo, 1986.
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Carney, T. F., "Prosopographie Payoffs and Pitfalls", in: Phoenix. The Journal of the Classical Association of Canada 27 (1993), pp. 156-179.
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Genet, J.-P., "Die kollektive Biographie von Mikropopulationen: Faktorenanalyse als Untersuchungsmethode," in: Quantitative Methoden in der Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte der Vorneuzeit, ed. F. Irsigler (Hist. - Sozialwiss. Forschungen 4, Stuttgart, 1978).
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Mathisen, Ralph W., "Medieval Prosopography and Computers: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations," in: Medieval Prosopography 9 (1981), pp. 73-127 (with bibliograpy).
Millet, H. (ed.), Prosopograpie et informatique: Actes de la Table Ronde du CNRS Paris, 25-26 Oct. 1984, Paris 1984.
"Bibliography of U. S. Publications in Medieval Prosopography, 1970-1979," in: Medieval Prosopography 271 (1981), pp. 87-102.
"Bibliography of U. S. Publications in Medieval Prosopography, 1970-80," Part II, in: Medieval Prosopography 2/2 (1981), pp. 55-69.
Bulst, N., "Neuerscheinungen der Jahre 1979 - 1980 zur Prosopographie des hohen und späten Mittelalters (11.-15. Jahrhundert)", in: Medieval Prosopography 3/2 (1982), pp. 73-100.
Bulst, N., "Neuerscheinungen der Jahre 1981-1982 zur Prosopographie des hohen und späten Mittelalters (11.-15. Jahrhundert)", in: Medieval Prosopography 5/2 (1984), pp. 93-100.
Genet, J. - Ph., "Recent Publications in Medieval Prosopography 11th - 15th centuries: Articles in French Language Periodicals 1979-80," in: Medieval Prosopography 3/2 (1982), pp. 53-71.
Ridder-Symoens, Hilde de, "Prosopographical Research in the Low Countries concerning the Middle Ages and the Sixteenth Century", in: Medieval Prosopography 14, 2 (1993), pp. 37-120 (annotated bibliography)
a special journal: Medieval Prosopography. A journal dedicated to the prosopographical study of history 1, 1, Kalamazoo 1980 ff.
a new newsletter: Prosopon. Newsletter of the Unit for Prosopographical Research 1, Oxford 1995 ff.
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