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Prosopography is important methodological tool within the discipline of history, its goal being the collection of all known information about individuals within a given period, often in the form of a register or database (frequently also known as a "Prosopography".

  • Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England - a project designed to provide a comprehensive biographical register of recorded inhabitants of Anglo-Saxon England (c. 450-1066), to be accessible in the form of a searchable on-line database, and intended to facilitate further research in many different aspects of Anglo-Saxon studies.