The Quest for Origins Academic Filiations in the Studium Parisiense Database
The Quest for Origins Academic Filiations in the Studium Parisiense Database
Author(s): Stéphane Lamassé, Thierry KouaméSubject(s): Cultural history, Social history, Higher Education , History of Education, 6th to 12th Centuries, 13th to 14th Centuries
Published by: Pécsi Tudományegyetem
Keywords: digital humanities; medieval prosopography; social network analysis; University of Paris;
Summary/Abstract: The Studium Parisiense database contains the prosopographical records of more than 20,000 members of the schools and the University of Paris between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries. It thus enables us to carry out a wide-ranging analysis of relations between masters and students within the Parisian studium. The network of relationships thus reconstituted provides a considerable amount of information: 1,969 individuals, 2,743 links, and 2,750 nodes. The hierarchical approach, using simple indicators of centrality (degree, betweenness, PageRank), enabled us to qualify the social prestige of individuals by highlighting lesser known but socially central figures. By combining quantitative and qualitative analyses, this study offers a more nuanced view of academic filiations at the University of Paris, while providing statistical validation for the empirical hypotheses that had been formulated by historiography.
Journal: Specimina Nova Pars Prima Sectio Medaevalis
- Issue Year: 2024
- Issue No: 13
- Page Range: 47-61
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English
