Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England facts for kids
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The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE) is a special online database. It helps us learn about people who lived in Anglo-Saxon England. This was a time in English history from the year 597 to 1087.
A "prosopography" is like a big collection of biographies. It gathers information about many people from a certain time or place. The PASE database collects details about everyone recorded from Anglo-Saxon England. It also includes people closely connected to this period.
The database calls these details "factoids." A factoid is a small piece of information about someone's life. For example, it might say what job they had or who their family was. Each factoid comes with a note about where the information came from. This could be an old book or document.
The PASE project received money from the British Arts and Humanities Research Council. This funding helped create the database from 2000 to 2008. The project was based at King's College London and the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge.
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What is the PASE Database?
PASE Phase 1: Early Records
The first part of the PASE project, called PASE1, started on May 27, 2005. It is available for free online at www.pase.ac.uk. This phase focused on people mentioned in written records up to the year 1066.
PASE1 includes information on 11,758 different individuals. Each person is given a special number to help identify them easily. For example, King Alfred the Great is known as Alfred 8 in the database. You can find different spellings of their names. You can also see details about their jobs and family ties.
PASE Phase 2: Domesday Book Details
A second part of the project, PASE2, was launched on August 10, 2010. This phase added even more information to the database. It mainly used details from the Domesday Book. The Domesday Book was a huge survey of England made in 1086.
PASE2 added 19,807 more people to the database. It also shows maps of the land these people owned. You can see tables that list their landholdings. For some people, there is even a short biography.
Who Created PASE?
The PASE database is dedicated to two important historians. They are Professor Nicholas Brooks and Ann Williams. Their work helped make this project possible.
Project Leaders
Several people led the PASE project. They helped guide the research and development. These directors were:
- Dame Janet 'Jinty' Nelson
- Simon Keynes
- Harold Short
- Stephen Baxter
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