Networks of Dissent: Computational Modelling of Dissident and Inquisitorial Cultures in Medieval Europe

Project Information

DISSINET

Grant agreement ID: 101000442

DOI

10.3030/101000442

EC signature date 20 January 2021

Start date 1 September 2021

End date 31 August 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 991 868,00

EU contribution

€ 1 991 868,00

Coordinated by

Masarykova univerzita
Czechia

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Publications

Conference proceedings (1)

How formulaic are inquisition records? Measuring lexical richness and text similarity in a corpus of Latin notarial documents

Author(s): Zbíral, David; Kotzé, Gideon; Shaw, Robert L. J.
Published in: """Formulaic Language in Historical Research and Data Extraction”, Amsterdam", Issue 7–9 Feb 2024, 2024
Publisher: Huygens Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10565837

Peer reviewed articles (7)

Modeling systems of sentencing in early inquisition trials: Crime, social connectivity, and punishment in the register of Peter Seila (1241–2)

Author(s): Shaw, Robert L. J.; Hampejs, Tomáš; Zbíral, David ;
Published in: Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History, Issue Volume 56 - Issue 3, 2023, Page(s) 176-197, ISSN 0161-5440
Publisher: Heldref Publications
DOI: 10.1080/01615440.2023.2270404

Toponymic surnames and the spatiality of heresy prosecutions: Peter Seila’s register of sentences from the Quercy region (Languedoc), 1241–1242

Author(s): Shaw, Robert L. J.; Sikk, Kaarel; Zbíral, David;
Published in: Humanities and Social Science Communications, Issue Volume 11 - article 195, 2024, Page(s) 1-14, ISSN 2662-9992
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1057/s41599-024-02689-z

Bridging Digital History Methods and Source Criticism: A Research Agenda for the Study of Inquisition Records

Author(s): David Zbíral; Kaarel Sikk; Robert L. J. Shaw;
Published in: Acta Historica Tallinnensia , Issue 31/1, 2025, Page(s) 46-72, ISSN 1736-7476
Publisher: Estonian Academy of Sciences in collaboration with Tallinn University

Hearing voices: reapproaching medieval inquisition records

Author(s): Zbíral, David; Shaw, Robert L. J.
Published in: Religions, Issue Volume 13, Issue 12, 2022, Page(s) 1175, ISSN 2077-1444
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/rel13121175

Gender, kinship, and other social predictors of incrimination in the inquisition register of Bologna (1291–1310): Results from an exponential random graph model

Author(s): David Zbíral, Katia Riccardo, Tomáš Hampejs, Zoltán Brys
Published in: PLOS ONE, Issue 20, 2025, Page(s) e0315467, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0315467

Gender Bias in Medieval Inquisitions and its Place in Shaping Knowledge about the Heterodox

Author(s): Davor Salihović, José Luis Estévez
Published in: Social Science History, Issue 26 8 2025, 2025, Page(s) 1-31, ISSN 0145-5532
Publisher: Duke University Press
DOI: 10.1017/ssh.2025.10099

Endogenous dynamics of denunciation: Evidence from an inquisitorial trial

Author(s): José Luis Estévez, Davor Salihović, Stoyan V Sgourev
Published in: PNAS Nexus, Issue 3, 2024, Page(s) 340-349, ISSN 2752-6542
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae340

Other (7)

Religious houses in the Czech Lands (interactive map, v. 0.2.0).

Author(s): Hořínková, Hana; Ondrejka, Peter; Zbíral, David;
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Masarykova univerzita

A transcription of the inquisition register of John Galand and William of Saint-Seine, 1283-1302 (fonds Doat, vol. 26, fol. 79r-316v)

Author(s): Daniela Wallnerová; David Zbíral;
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Masarykova univerzita

InkVisitor 1.3 (software)

Author(s): Zbíral, David ; Mertel, Adam ; Hanák, Petr; Mertel, Ján; Ondrejka, Peter; Hampejs, Tomáš; Shaw, Robert L. J.
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Masarykova univerzita

Between fasting and religious suicide: A data-oriented reconsideration of the practice of endura in medieval heterodox Christianity

Author(s): Zbíral, David; Suba, Katalin
Published in: pre-print in Zenodo repository, Issue 1, 2024, Page(s) 1-35
Publisher: Masarykova univerzita
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13736627

Heresy and occupation in Bologna around 1300 ( interactive map version 1.0.0)

Author(s): Riccardo, Katia; Ondrejka, Peter; Zbíral, David
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Masarykova univerzita

"Mapping Waldensian ""synagogues"" at the Trial of Antonio Galosna, Piedmont 1388"

Author(s): Salihović, Davor; Zbíral, David
Published in: (preprint paper that can be cited), 2023
Publisher: Masarykova univerzita
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8149527

Early heresy: heresy cases in the West, c.1000–c.1150 (interactive map, v. 0.5.0)

Author(s): Hinz-Wieczorek, Lidia ; Ondrejka, Peter; Zbíral, David;
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Masarykova univerzita

Book chapters (1)

Uncovering patterns in dissident interactions among late medieval German Waldensians using social network analysis

Author(s): Hammond, Matthew (editor); Välimäki, Reima; Zbíral, David;
Published in: Social network analysis and medieval history, Issue 1st ed., 2025, Page(s) 229-253, ISBN 978-1-80270-128-9
Publisher: Arc Companions