Bridging digital history methods and source criticism : A
research agenda for the study of inquisition records

J 2025

Bridging digital history methods and source criticism : A research agenda for the study of inquisition records

ZBÍRAL, David; Kaarel SIKK a Robert Laurence John SHAW

Základní údaje

Originální název

Bridging digital history methods and source criticism : A research agenda for the study of inquisition records

Autoři

ZBÍRAL, David; Kaarel SIKK a Robert Laurence John SHAW

Vydání

Acta Historica Tallinnensia, 2025, 1406-2925

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60304 Religious studies

Stát vydavatele

Estonsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

full text of the article

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 0.500 v roce 2024

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/25:00141194

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

digital history; computer-assisted source criticism; computational modelling; data analysis; inquisition records; information extraction for history; Large Language Models (LLM)

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 12. 12. 2025 12:50, Mgr. Jolana Navrátilová

Anotace

V originále

We outline the benefits of computational modelling approaches for extracting and analysing data derived from inquisition records, while also highlighting some drawbacks of digital history methods and the dangers of their superficial application. Most crucially, we propose ways of integrating those methods with source criticism. If source-critical information feeds into the analysis itself as data, computational modelling can improve the precision of argumentation, make assumptions and limitations more transparent, and allow digital methods to enhance the discipline of history at its core, paving the way for a genuine 'source criticism 2.0'.

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)

Přiložené soubory

Zbiral_et_al_jirrcjft._2025_Bridging_digital_history_methods_and_source_criticism_A_research_agenda_for_the_study_of_inquisitio.pdf

Zbiral_et_al._2025_Bridging_digital_history_methods_and_source_criticism_A_research_agenda_for_the_study_of_inquisitio.pdf

Citovat

ZBÍRAL, David; Kaarel SIKK a Robert Laurence John SHAW. Bridging digital history methods and source criticism : A research agenda for the study of inquisition records. Acta Historica Tallinnensia. 2025, roč. 31, č. 1, s. 46-72. ISSN 1406-2925. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.3176/hist.2025.1.02.

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ZBÍRAL, David; Kaarel SIKK a Robert Laurence John SHAW. Bridging digital history methods and source criticism : A research agenda for the study of inquisition records. \textit{Acta Historica Tallinnensia}. 2025, roč.~31, č.~1, s.~46-72. ISSN~1406-2925. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.3176/hist.2025.1.02.

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