Hearing voices : reapproaching medieval inquisition records

J 2022

Hearing voices : reapproaching medieval inquisition records

ZBÍRAL, David and Robert Laurence John SHAW

Basic information

Original name

Hearing voices : reapproaching medieval inquisition records

Authors

ZBÍRAL, David (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Robert Laurence John SHAW (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Religions, 2022, 2077-1444

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60304 Religious studies

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.800

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/22:00129237

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel13121175

UT WoS

000903051000001

Keywords in English

medieval inquisition; inquisition records; source criticism; statement-based data collection; computational approaches; serial history; quantitative history

Abstract

V originále

The records of medieval heresy inquisitions have been a subject of controversy ever since their rediscovery by historians. The detail they convey of specific social interactions has continued to inspire generations of scholars, while the coercive conditions of their production have placed strong caveats over their interpretation. This article offers a comprehensive review of the debate on the uses of inquisition records, encompassing scholarship across multiple languages and schools of thought. It also highlights some shortcomings in that debate, e.g., the overrepresentation of inquisitors’ choices; the claim that the use of torture led automatically to reproducing outlandish inquisitorial fears; and the idea that exceptional detail correlates with reliability. The article concludes with the proposal of the Dissident Networks Project (DISSINET) to use structured data within a new variety of quantitative history. This method, founded on the Computer-Assisted Semantic Text Modelling approach that DISSINET has pioneered, is well-suited to addressing the biases of inquisition documents and opening them to scrutiny, thus providing a significant complement to close reading.

Links

GX19-26975X, research and development project

Name: Nekonformní náboženské kultury ve středověké Evropě z pohledu analýzy sociálních sítí a geografických informačních systémů (Acronym: DISSINET)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

101000442, interní kód MU

Name: Networks of Dissent: Computational Modelling of Dissident and Inquisitorial Cultures in Medieval Europe (Acronym: DISSINET)

Investor: European Union, ERC (Excellent Science)

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ZBÍRAL, David and Robert Laurence John SHAW. Hearing voices : reapproaching medieval inquisition records. Religions. 2022, vol. 13, No 12, p. 1-25. ISSN 2077-1444. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel13121175.

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