Data
Research data
The data that we focus on in our project are the characters that appear in the texts we are analysing, and connections between these characters as described by the texts' authors. Genders are recorded as either M (male), F (female), V (varied = groups with, or potentially with, mixed genders), and X (unspecified - e.g. angels and spirits).
We gather our data through close reading of the texts in their original language, using the most up-to-date critical edition; we do not use GenAI.
Our dataset on the Latin world chronicles is now publicly available on Zenodo:
The texts analysed, arranged chronologically by date of termination, are as follows:
- Eusebius-Jerome (378)
- Sulpicius Severus (400)
- 452 Gallic Chronicle (452)
- Prosper of Aquitaine (455)
- Hydatius (468)
- Consularia Constantinopolitana (468)
- 511 Gallic Chronicle (511)
- Cassiodorus (519)
- Marcellinus Comes (534)
- Isidore of Seville, Chronica Maiora (626)
- Isidore of Seville, Chronica Minora (626)
- Fredegar (642)
- Bede, De temporibus chronicle (703)
- Bede, De temporum ratione chronicle (725)
For statistical results on the gender composition of the chronicles, see our Charts page.