Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	639
Title	Medieval Prosopography, II: Online Databases and Prosopographical Research
Date/Time	Tuesday 4 July 2017: 11.15-12.45
Sponsor	Medieval Prosopography
Organiser	Jonathan Lyon, Department of History, University of Chicago
Moderator/Chair	Julie A. Hofmann, Department of History, Shenandoah University, Virginia
Paper 639-a	Unknown Unknowns: Using 'The Making of Charlemagne's Europe' Database for Social History Research (Language: English) Rachel Stone, Learning Resources & Service Excellence, University of Bedfordshire / Department of History, King's College London Index Terms: Charters and Diplomatics; Computing in Medieval Studies; Genealogy and Prosopography; Social History
Paper 639-b	Byzantine Prosopography: Still Evolving (Language: English) Charlotte Roueché, Department of Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies / Department of Classics, King's College London Index Terms: Byzantine Studies; Computing in Medieval Studies; Genealogy and Prosopography
Paper 639-c	Crusaders to the Holy Land, 1095-1291: The Uses (and Abuses) of a Prosopographical Database (Language: English) Guy Perry, Institute for Medieval Studies / School of History, University of Leeds Index Terms: Computing in Medieval Studies; Crusades; Genealogy and Prosopography
Abstract	Numerous recent books and articles demonstrate that prosopography is enjoying something of a 'renaissance', thanks to new research into networks, family ties, collective biography, and new technology-driven forms of prosopographical analysis. This session, sponsored by the journal Medieval Prosopography, will highlight some of this recent research, as well as fostering dialogue between scholars working in different times and places. The focus of this session will be online databases and the types of prosopographical research they make possible.