Christian Networks in the Early Modern Period
Wriedt, Markus
Central Europe
Southern Europe
Western Europe
Education, Sciences
Social Matters, Society
Religion
Media, Communication
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Modern network analysis is extremely useful when investigating not only the relationships between individuals and within groups and institutions, but also virtual connections. It allows one to systematically identify, examine and depict communicative relationships within their historical context. This enables the researcher to recognise efficiently which individuals interacted with one another, in what spaces and in the framework of what regulatory structures, and what function and significance individuals had in the context of these interlocking relationships. In addition, this approach shows how a network is not comprised of the sum of the individual contributions, but rather develops systematically its own potential, which per se constitutes the attractiveness and significance of the network. In regard to their composition and to their own potential, networks are continually subject to developments that must be understood in the light of both external and internal factors. This article attempts to provide a historical overview of those communicative networks that existed, or began to establish themselves, in the early modern period and that possessed a markedly Christian character.
IEG(http://www.ieg-mainz.de)
Lisa Landes
Klaus Fitschen
Christopher Gilley
2011-06-01
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EGO(http://www.ieg-ego.eu)
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1450-1789
Central Europe
Southern Europe
Western Europe
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