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Prosopography is an investigation of the common characteristics of a group of people, whose individual biographies may be largely untraceable. Research subjects are analysed by means of a collective study of their lives, in multiple career-line analysis. The discipline is considered to be one of the auxiliary sciences of history.

Prosopography - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Type of historical investigation Prosopography is an investigation of the common characteristics of a group of people, whose individual biographies may be largely untraceable. Research subjects are analysed by means of a collective study of their lives, in multiple career-line analysis. [ 1 ] The discipline is considered to be one of the auxiliary sciences of history . History [ edit ] British historian Lawrence Stone (1919–1999) brought the term to general attention in an explanatory article in 1971, although it h

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