Network hermeneutics : exploring the meaning of a source using
network analysis, case of inquisitorial protocols from 14th
century Stettin

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Network hermeneutics : exploring the meaning of a source using network analysis, case of inquisitorial protocols from 14th century Stettin

SIKK, Kaarel; Reima VÄLIMÄKI a David ZBÍRAL

Základní údaje

Originální název

Network hermeneutics : exploring the meaning of a source using network analysis, case of inquisitorial protocols from 14th century Stettin

Autoři

SIKK, Kaarel; Reima VÄLIMÄKI a David ZBÍRAL

Vydání

Historical Network Research Conference 2024, 8-10 July 2024, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2024

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60304 Religious studies

Stát vydavatele

Švýcarsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

conference website

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

network hermeneutics; network analysis; Stettin inquisitorial protocols; Bologna; digital humanities

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 8. 2. 2025 22:00, Mgr. Ivona Vrzalová

Anotace

V originále

The case study at the heart of this paper is the inquisition protocols from the 14th century, specifically the records of the Celestine inquisitor Petrus Zwicker from 1392 to 1394 in Stettin. These documents, central to understanding the Waldensian dissidence and the broader inquisitorial practices of the time, are reexamined through a digital lens. This analysis is based on a network form structured dataset created from the original sources, based on D. Kurze’s regesta edition (1975). This data creation process followed the "classical" social network analysis (SNA) coding which involves very close reading of the sources and documenting people, events, places and relations between them. The dataset was then converted into edge lists containing relations between specific entities. The study's findings demonstrate how the creation process impacts the nature of the source giving its contents a different structure when converted to a complete digital form. It shows how “network hermeneutics” can contribute not only to our historical knowledge of the source but also frame the interpretation of any digital models derived from it. We aim to contribute to the critique of historical sources and demonstrate that protocols are not just straightforward accounts of interrogations but are shaped by the institutional and procedural frameworks of the Inquisition. We discuss natural biases in the network structure within the text coming from its creation process and which opportunities and limits it creates for further quantitative analysis.

Návaznosti

101000442, interní kód MU

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

Investor: Evropská unie, Networks of Dissent: Computational Modelling of Dissident and Inquisitorial Cultures in Medieval Europe, ERC (Excellent Science)

Citovat

SIKK, Kaarel; Reima VÄLIMÄKI a David ZBÍRAL. Network hermeneutics : exploring the meaning of a source using network analysis, case of inquisitorial protocols from 14th century Stettin. In Historical Network Research Conference 2024, 8-10 July 2024, Lausanne, Switzerland. 2024.

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   author = {Sikk, Kaarel and Välimäki, Reima and Zbíral, David},
   booktitle = {Historical Network Research Conference 2024, 8-10 July 2024, Lausanne, Switzerland},
   keywords = {network hermeneutics; network analysis; Stettin inquisitorial protocols; Bologna; digital humanities},
   language = {eng},
   title = {Network hermeneutics : exploring the meaning of a source using network analysis, case of inquisitorial protocols from 14th century Stettin},
   url = {https://historicalnetworkresearch.github.io/lausanne/},
   year = {2024}
}

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SIKK, Kaarel; Reima VÄLIMÄKI a David ZBÍRAL. Network hermeneutics : exploring the meaning of a source using network analysis, case of inquisitorial protocols from 14th century Stettin. In \textit{Historical Network Research Conference 2024, 8-10 July 2024, Lausanne, Switzerland}. 2024.

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