Dr Katharine Stephanie Benedicta Keats-Rohan (; born 1957) is a British
history
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...
researcher, specialising in
prosopography
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 an ...
. She has produced seminal work on early
European history
The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500 to AD 1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500).
The first early ...
, and collaborated with, among others,
Christian Settipani
Christian Settipani (born 31 January 1961) is a French genealogist, historian and IT professional, currently working as the Technical Director of a company in Paris.
Biography
Settipani holds a Master of Advanced Studies from the Paris-Sorbo ...
.
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Keats-Rohan is widely regarded as one of the founders of modern prosopographical and network analysis research, which has become highly computer-dependent.
Works
*1997: (Ed.) ''Family Trees and the Roots of Politics: the Prosopography of Britain and France from the Tenth to the Twelfth Century''. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press
Boydell & Brewer is an academic press based in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, that specializes in publishing historical and critical works. In addition to British and general history, the company publishes three series devoted to studies, editio ...
*1997: ''Domesday Names: an Index of Latin Personal and Place Names in Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...
''; with David Thornton
*1999: ''Domesday People: a Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents, 1066–1166. I. Domesday Book'' Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press
*1999: ''Prosopography of Post-Conquest England: the Continental Origin of English Landowners, 1066–1166''
*2000: ''Onomastique et Parenté dans l'Occident médiéval''; with Christian Settipani
*2002: ''Domesday Descendants: a Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents, 1066–1166. II''
*2002: ''Resourcing Sources: Texts, Technology and Prosopography''
*2006: '' The Cartulary of the Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel''; with Shaun Tyas
*2007: ''Prosopography Approaches and Applications: a Handbook'' (Prosopographica et Genealogica)
References
External links
Prosopography – resource development
Faculty of History, University of Oxford
1957 births
Living people
British historians
British medievalists
Women medievalists
Fellows of Linacre College, Oxford
Place of birth missing (living people)
British women historians
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