Case Studies
Digitising Patterns of Power in the European Middle Ages
Eight case studies of the European (resp. Asian, depending on the definition) Middle
Ages will furnish insights in the development and sustainment of power in a spatial
context. A focus will be put on mountainous areas and the interaction of human
development of power and natural environment.These case studies share a common basis of mountainous ecologies, their position on the peripheries of imperial spheres (Frankish Realm, Byzantine Empire, Arab Caliphate) and the specific framework provided by these conditions for the emergence and dynamics of political and socio-economic structures.
Thus, Patterns of Power will become visible in the respective spaces based on written and archaeological sources, which will ultimately lead to the identification of places as Signs of Power, their consistent labelling in the DPP OpenAtlas Database and visualisation in the map based online application.
