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Important essay collection in a growing field,
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This review is from: Family Trees and the Roots of Politics: The Prosopography of Britain and France from the Tenth to the Twelfth Century (Hardcover)
Some thirty years ago, prosopography began to be used as a tool in the study of history, especially medieval European and Byzantine history. Concentration, naturally, has centered on the wealthy and powerful because that's who created the surviving records. The seventeen papers in this collection (five of them in French) were read at a conference at Oxford in 1995, and one of the most important is "L'apport de la prosopographie à l'histoire sociale des élites" by Karl Ferdinand Werner, one of the principal founders of the field. Others of special note include David E. Thornton's "Kings, Chronicles and Genealogies: Reconstructing Mediaeval Celtic Dynasties," Christian Settipani's "Les comtes d'Anjou et leurs alliances aux Xe et XIe siècles," and "The Formation of the County of Perche: the Rise and Fall of the House of Gouet," by Kathleen Thompson. Boydell Press, incidentally, has made a niche for itself in publishing works on the subject of prosopography.
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Family Trees and the Roots of Politics: The Prosopography of Britain and France from the Tenth to the Twelfth Century by K.S.B. Keats-Rohan (Hardcover - July 3, 1997)
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