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prosopography

study of history through trying to account for the existence of individuals through oblique references to them
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prosopography

Summary

prosopography is an academic discipline[1]. prosopography has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • prosopography's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3].
  • prosopography's instance of is recorded as literary genre[4].
  • prosopography is a type of register of persons[5].
  • prosopography comprises prosopography[6].
  • prosopography's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Prosopography[7].
  • prosopography's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
  • prosopography's topic has template is recorded as Template:Prosopography[9].
  • prosopography's has effect is recorded as microhistory[10].
  • prosopography's has effect is recorded as prosopographical phantom[11].
  • prosopography's different from is recorded as prosopography[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include academic discipline[3] and literary genre[4]. prosopography is a type of register of persons[5].

Use and Application

prosopography comprises prosopography[6].

Why It Matters

prosopography has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] prosopography is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Germania Sacra

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0425858-prosopografie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0425858-prosopografie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  2. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts → —
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → register of persons
    Instance of → academic discipline, literary genre
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 25359, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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