Page 3: Maps and models | Department for the Study of Religions

Maps

Selected maps from our historical research

DISSINET

17 Jun 2019

Map: Lollards, 1414–1522

The DISSINET team has recently been busy creating a digital map which shows the places of origin of Lollards based on their trial records.

Models

Selected visualizations of datasets and research results

CEDRR

25 Sep

Gods on the barge

On the occasion of launching the course Religious Phenomena in Computational Modelling, we remind a strategy game inspired by cutting-edge research of Tomas Glomb and Adam Mertel. Based on the GEHIR project’s computer modelling of the spread of Egyptian cults, the game challenges players to test how ancient religions could conquer the Mediterranean and to outsmart rival deities such as Isis, Serapis, Anubis or Bastet.

DISSINET

28 Mar

Structural insights into the inquisition register of Bologna (1291-1310)

Inquisition registers are an excellent source for studying the social organisation of medieval communities. Did the investigated people form one or a few cohesive social bodies of “heretical movements” – communities – or are they better understood as many unrelated cases of small groups or individuals who drew the attention of the inquisitors separately?

CEDRR

19 Jun 2024

Graduate in Necromancy - A curriculum inspired card game from CEDRR

Complete a Master’s degree in Necromancy in a new solo card game. Now playable in a web browser.

DISSINET

21 May 2024

Variation and order in the stories of guilt in Peter Seila's register: From Seeing to Belief

The inquisitional register of Peter Seila (1241-2, Languedoc) is evidence of a thorough investigation trying to weigh the extent of guilt carefully. Allow detailed counting of individual misdeeds of 649 people.