Medieval Maritime Predation. A Database Supported Analysis of Mediterranean Violence

中世纪的海上​​掠夺。

• 批准号: 507975343
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Nikolas Jaspert
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Historisches Seminar
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 资助国家: 德国
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/507975343?language=en
• 关键词: Medieval; Maritime; Predation.; Database; Supported

This project’s goal is to rewrite the history of what is often simplistically and misleadingly termed “piracy” by analysing maritime predation more broadly as the violent appropriation of goods at sea. In order to do so, a research tool will be fashioned that enables historians to study maritime predation on levels that transcend those of the nation-state. Furthermore, two comparative, macro-regional studies will illustrate this approach’s heuristic potential.The proposal is designed to stimulate a paradigm shift in the field of maritime history, where approaches have traditionally focused on state warfare, activities of regular fleets or long-distance trade. In contrast, this project will highlight semi-official or individual forms of maritime violence and reveal their connection with economic networks, specific groups of agents and international politics. The subject is not only highly relevant from a historical point of view, but also topical, as the many hundred cases of maritime predation perpetrated every year illustrate. The project team will situate the Mediterranean within the wider history of sub-state maritime violence and heighten sensibility for the longevity and dynamics of a topic hitherto not sufficiently considered within medieval studies.Apart from the two monographs and a collection of essays, this enterprise’s output will consist of the creation of a state-of-the-art, relational database, that will serve as a powerful and expandable tool for future research. By the year 2026, the “Database of Medieval Maritime Predation” (DMMP) will not only be programmed and made fully operational but will also have been fed with primary sources hailing from four major Mediterranean centres (regesta and selected full texts). It will review theories that have been developed based on cursory evidence. Even more importantly, it will enable historians to pose new queries and answer them by means of complex, relational data retrieval. The two envisaged monographs will illustrate these potentials and present robust, comparative case studies of medieval maritime predation in the western and eastern Mediterranean respectively. The proceedings of an international workshop will test the database’s viability, expand this project’s perspective and forge a network of experts who will guarantee the DMMP’s expansion and sustainability.The documents that form the base for this project stem from collections of edited sources and primarily from four eminent archives of the Mediterranean. They will be assembled by two early career researchers who not only possess experience in the creation and upkeep of databases but are also well-versed in the subject matter and have acquired first-hand archival experience working with these holdings. In addition, the postdoctoral researcher, who has already collected extensive source material, will analyse contemporary attitudes to maritime predation and also be responsible for setting up the database.

这个项目的目标是通过将海上掠夺更广泛地分析为在海上暴力占有货物，从而改写通常被简单而误导性地称为“海盗”的历史。为了做到这一点，将会形成一种研究工具，使历史学家能够在超越民族国家的层面上研究海洋捕食。此外，两项比较的宏观区域研究将说明这种方法的启发式潜力。该提案旨在刺激海洋历史领域的范式转变，该领域的研究方法传统上侧重于国家战争、常规舰队活动或长途贸易。相比之下，本项目将突出半官方或个人形式的海上暴力，并揭示它们与经济网络、特定代理人群体和国际政治的联系。这个主题不仅从历史的角度来看是高度相关的，而且也是热门话题，正如每年发生的数百起海上掠食案件所说明的那样。项目团队将把地中海置于更广泛的次国家海上暴力历史中，并提高对中世纪研究中迄今尚未充分考虑的主题的持久性和动态性的敏感性。除了两本专著和一组论文外，这项事业的成果将包括建立一个最先进的关系数据库，这将作为未来研究的强大和可扩展的工具。到2026年，“中世纪海洋掠夺数据库”不仅将被编制并全面投入使用，而且还将获得来自四个主要地中海中心的主要资料（登记和精选全文）。它将回顾那些建立在粗略证据基础上的理论。更重要的是，它将使历史学家能够提出新的问题，并通过复杂的关系数据检索来回答这些问题。这两本设想的专著将说明这些潜力，并分别对地中海西部和东部的中世纪海上捕食进行强有力的比较案例研究。一个国际研讨会的会议记录将测试数据库的可行性，扩展该项目的视角，并建立一个专家网络，以保证DMMP的扩展和可持续性。构成本项目基础的文件来自编辑过的资料集，主要来自地中海的四个著名档案馆。它们将由两位早期的职业研究人员收集，他们不仅具有创建和维护数据库的经验，而且精通主题，并获得了处理这些馆藏的第一手档案经验。此外，这位博士后研究员已经收集了大量的原始资料，他将分析当代对海洋捕食的态度，并负责建立数据库。