The Paradox of Medieval Scotland project represents the culmination of many years of collaboration between King's College London and the University of Glasgow on this and related projects. The digital component began under the auspices of the Department of Digital Humanities and was continued and completed by King's Digital Lab.
The PoMS database gives all the information about individuals that can be gleaned from more than 8000 Scottish charters (broadly defined) from 1093 to 1314. Its significance as a research tool is not simply the amount of data that it brings within the scope of a few taps on a keyboard. The database design directly reflects the structure of the charters themselves, allowing researchers not only to access an extraordinary range of information, but to see this in the context of the roles and relationships that medieval society sought to establish for posterity through the charters.
Team
- Alice Taylor Co-investigator
- Beatriz Caballero RSE team member
- Brian Maher RSE team member
- Charlotte Tupman Researcher
- Dauvit Broun Principal investigator
- John Bradley Co-investigator
- Matthew Hammond Researcher
- Neil Jakeman KDL RSE team member
- Tiffany Ong KDL RSE team member