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Prosopography of the Spanish Kingdoms of Leуn and Castile By Simon Barton Prosopon: Newsletter of the Unit of Prosopographical Research, Issue 7 (1997) Introduction: The study of the aristocracy of the Spanish kingdoms of Leуn and Castile in the Central Middle Ages remains in its infancy. Although the eruditos of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of […]
The Descent of Belvoir By Judith A. Green Prosopon: Newsletter of the Unit of Prosopographical Research, Issue 10 (1999) Introduction: The history of the important honour of Belvoir in the Norman period has been discussed by several historians, most recently by K.S.B. Keats-Rohan. Missing pieces of the jigsaw have been filled in and, though gaps […]
An Introduction to the Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England Project By David A. E. Pelteret Paper presented at University College London (2002) Introduction: The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England is a five-year AHRB-sponsored project that will provide in database form a biographical register of all identifiable Anglo- Saxons from the period 597 to 1042. The project, which […]
The Genoese citizenship, granted to Carlo I Tocco and his regent mother Magdalene by the authorities of the Republic of Genova (December 2, 1389) is a document the existence of which is widely accepted in the scholarly circles despite the fact that the details of its content have still remained largely unknown.
Prosopographical Research on the Crusader States By Alan V. Murray Prosopon Newsletter, Vol.4:2 (1996) Introduction: Prosopographical research on the Crusader States, or to use a more accurate term, Outremer, has a long tradition. The first substantial modern work on the Frankish nobility, the Familles d’Outre-Mer by Du Cange and Rey, drew primarily on the Lignages d’Outremer, […]
Popes and Pornocrats: Rome in the Early Middle Ages By Lindsay Brook Foundations: The Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Vol. 1:1 (2003) Abstract: Rome between the late ninth and the mid-eleventh centuries was in turmoil. Rival families fought for control of the city, successfully fighting off the Saracens encamped close to the city, and […]
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