Fifty Years of Prosopography

Prosopography is the collection of all known information about individuals within a given period. With the advent of computer technology it is now possible to gather and store such information in increasingly sophisticated and searchable databases, which can bring a new dimension to traditional historical research. The book surveys the transition in prosopographical research from more traditional methods to the new technology, and discusses the central role of the British Academy, as well as that of French, German and Austrian academic institutions, in developing prosopographical research on the Later Roman Empire, Byzantium and now Anglo-Saxon and other periods. The book demonstrates mutual benefits and complementarity in such studies between the use of new technology and the highest standards of traditional scholarship, and in doing so it sets forth new perspectives and methodologies for future work.

Table des matières

• The Prosopograhy of the Later Roman Empire, Volume l: The Era of A.H.M. Jones


• The Prosopographia Imperii Romani and Prosopographical Method


• The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire (PLRE): Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow


• The Contribution of Prosopography: the Byzantium Empire, or Why Prosopography? A Question of Identity


• Exploring the Jungle: Hagiographical Literature Between Fact and Fiction


• The Contribution of Papyri to the Prosopography of the Ancient World: Evaluation and Prospects


• Seals and the Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire


• Orthodoxy and Heresy in the Seventh Century: Prosopographical Observations on Monotheletism


• Romans and Foreigners


• Official Power and Non-Official Power


• Medieval Prosopography and the Prosopography pf Anglo-Saxon England

Résumé

This title surveys the transition in prosopographical research from more traditional methods to the new technology, and discusses the role of the British Academy and French, German and Austrian academic institutions, in developing prosopographical research on the Later Roman Empire, Byzantium and now Anglo-Saxon and other periods.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Averil (Ed) Cameron
• Collaboration: Cameron Averil (Editeur)
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.07.2025
• EAN: 9780197262924
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726292-4
• Pages: 192
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 242 mm x 21 mm
• Thème: Proceedings of the British Academy
• Catégories: Ecole et pédagogie > Préparation de l'enseignement > Formation professionnelle; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique et littérature classiques; European History, History: theory & methods, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Study & Teaching, HISTORY / Byzantine Empire, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Byzantine Empire, History: theory and methods