IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 1332: Social Network Analysis and The People of Medieval Scotland Database
Wednesday 9 July 2014, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Leverhulme Trust Project 'The Transformation of Gaelic Scotland in the 12th & 13th Centuries' |
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| Organiser: | Matthew H. Hammond, School of Humanities (History), University of Glasgow |
| Moderator/Chair: | Alice Taylor, Department of History, King's College London |
| Paper 1332-a | Introduction to the Application of Social Network Analysis to the People of Medieval Scotland Database (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Computing in Medieval Studies, Social History |
| Paper 1332-b | Applying Social Network Analysis to the Witnesses of Scottish Royal Charters (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Computing in Medieval Studies, Genealogy and Prosopography, Social History |
| Paper 1332-c | Applying Social Network Analysis to an Innovation in Scottish Charters in the Late 12th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Computing in Medieval Studies, Social History |
| Abstract | Social network analysis offers exciting new opportunities for examining medieval societies in ways that have hitherto been difficult or impossible. The Leverhulme-funded 'Transformation of Gaelic Scotland in the 12th and 13th centuries' project team uses the approximately 6,000 charters and 15,000 people and institutions from the period 1093-1286 in the People of Medieval Scotland database (www.poms.ac.uk) to explore the capabilities of SNA techniques for illuminating elite networks in medieval Scotland. In this session, attendees will get a thorough introduction to the methods, concepts, and technology behind SNA (no prior experience required!) before hearing about the results so far in terms of one-mode ('ego-') and two-mode (charters and witnesses) social networks. |