IMC 2026: Sessions
Session 1228: Heresy and Repression, III: Computational Approaches, (i)
Wednesday 8 July 2026, 14:15-15:45
| Sponsor: | Centrum pro digitální výzkum náboženství / Dissident Networks Project (DISSINET), Masarykova univerzita, Brno |
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| Organisers: | Robert L. J. Shaw, Centrum pro digitální výzkum náboženství / Dissident Networks Project (DISSINET), Masarykova univerzita, Brno David Zbíral, Centrum pro digitální výzkum náboženství / Dissident Networks Project (DISSINET), Masarykova univerzita, Brno |
| Moderator/Chair: | Reima Välimäki, Department of Cultural History / Turku Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, University of Turku |
| Paper 1228-a | A Social Network Analysis of the Apostolic Movement in Italy, c. 1300 (Language: English) Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Ecclesiastical History, Religious Life |
| Paper 1228-b | Cultures of Communication among the Coventry Lollards at the Turn of the 16th Century: A Social Network Analysis Approach (Language: English) Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Ecclesiastical History, Religious Life, Social History |
| Paper 1228-c | Small Text, Large Dissent: A Digital Critical Edition of Jakoubek of Stříbro's Position on the Antichrist (Language: English) Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Language and Literature - Latin, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Theology |
| Abstract | The development of religious dissent and the mechanisms of its control went hand in hand in medieval Europe, producing socio-cultural and political effects over both the short and long term. This strand brings together papers on how dissent and repression emerged, circulated, and endured in confluence with one another. Themes include the temporal operation and memorialization of these processes, and the cultural frameworks that defined heresy and orthodoxy. The potential of computational approaches to detect hidden patterns in inquisitorial records—interpretatively challenging sources that directly document the clash between dissent and repression—will also be demonstrated. |