Who were the nuns? Database development and extending access

原来的项目作出了全面的研究成员的英语修道院和英语成员的玛丽沃德的研究所成立期间，他们被禁止在英格兰。这些机构拥有超过3907名成员（主要是英国人），他们都是在1600年至1678年流亡欧洲大陆时成立的。他们一直呆在那里，直到法国大革命及其相关的暴力迫使他们离开他们的第二故乡。该项目和相关研究表明，它们是具有国际联系的重要基金会。在该项目之前，修道院很少被历史学家研究，他们的文件和活动在很大程度上仍然未知。一个重要的额外产出是即将出版的出版物（Pickering & Chatto，2012-13）是来自封闭修道院的六卷手稿来源，这将大大提高该项目的知名度。玛丽女王承诺长期维护和支持数据库和网站。大多数（22个）是封闭的修道院，还有14个主要是由玛丽沃德和她的追随者建立的小房子。他们并没有与世隔绝：他们的联系和网络广泛传播，包括英国皇家成员、布鲁塞尔大公以及欧洲各地的世俗和教会等级成员。修女们建造了大量的修道院和学校，委托制作艺术和音乐作品，并为妇女建立了重要的图书馆和学习中心。他们继续吸引成员，除了两个人外，所有人都活了下来，直到最近。鉴于目前收到的积极反馈，谁是修女？项目的后续供资将使更多的公众能够通过开发当前的网站和学习日进一步参与。我们将：-根据已经为原始项目进行的研究，加强现有网站上提供的搜索。制定方法，以提供直接的动态统计搜索，以分析三个具体标题下的英语修女的生活-生命周期，县社区和社交网络。通过在各个条目中添加地点的图像来增强数据库。与历史协会合作，在精心挑选的地点为当地和家庭历史学家举办一系列的四个研讨会，以开发数据库和相关材料的使用。拟议的项目小组建立在参与原始补助金的个人的经验基础上，我们已经确定了支持新的信息技术应用所需的专家。詹姆斯·凯利（James Kelly）最初是原项目的博士后研究助理，随着他经验的增长，他与原项目经理卡罗琳·鲍登博士（Caroline Bowden）密切合作，证明了他对该项目的宝贵价值。鲍登博士即将退休，但她打算继续与该项目的咨询作用。简·百老汇博士和凯瑟琳·济慈·罗汉博士都表示了他们对新提案的热情和支持。Jan百老汇已经创建了现有的成功数据库（http：//www.history.qmul.ac.uk/wwtn/database.html），并渴望进一步发展。历史研究所的计算机技术人员将在需要时增加专业知识。凯瑟琳·济慈-罗汉，在她收集的优秀的家庭树的基础上，将贡献一节专门用于分析支持家庭网络的社会阶层。玛丽女王学院地理系的成员已承诺提供地理信息系统制图支助，拟议与历史协会建立的伙伴关系将确保向更广泛的目标受众提供服务，使学术界以外的人尽可能容易获得结果，包括家庭历史学家。这将使我们能够获得更多关于数据库和网站可能用途的反馈。

The original project made a comprehensive study of the membership of the English convents and the English members of Mary Ward's Institute established during the period when they were proscribed in England. These institutions with more than 3907 (mainly English), members were all founded in exile in continental Europe from 1600 to 1678. They remained there until the French Revolution and its associated violence forced them to leave their adopted homelands. The project and related research has shown that they were significant foundations with international connections. Prior to the project, the convents have been little studied by historians and their documents and activities have remained largely unknown. One significant additional output is the forthcoming publication (Pickering & Chatto, 2012-13) is six volumes of manuscript sources from the enclosed convents and this will significantly raise the profile of the project. Queen Mary has undertaken to maintain and support the database and website in the long term.Most (twenty two) were enclosed convents with a further fourteen mainly smaller houses founded by Mary Ward and her followers. They were not isolated from the world: their contacts and networks spread widely, including members of the royal family of England, the archdukes of Brussels and members of lay and ecclesiastical hierarchies across Europe among their supporters. The nuns built substantial convents and schools, commissioned works of art and music, and created important libraries and centres of learning for women. They continued to attract members and all except two survived until recently.Given the positive feedback currently being received by the Who were the Nuns? project, the follow-on funding will permit further engagement with a wider public audience through developing the current website and study days. We will:- Enhance the searches provided on the existing website based on research already undertaken for the original project.- Develop methodology to provide directed dynamic statistical searches in order to analyse the lives of the English nuns under three specific headings - life cycles, county communities and social networks.- Enhance the database by adding images of places to individual entries.- In partnership with the Historical Association, set up a series of four symposia for local and family historians in carefully-chosen sites for study days to develop the use of the database and related material.The proposed project team builds on the experience of the individuals involved with the original grant and we have identified specialists needed to support the new IT applications. James Kelly started as the post-doctoral research assistant on the original project and proved invaluable to the project as his experience grew, working closely with the original project manager, Dr Caroline Bowden. Dr Bowden is retiring but is intent on continuing her association with the project in an advisory role. Both Dr Jan Broadway and Dr Katharine Keats-Rohan have indicated their enthusiasm and support for the new proposal. Jan Broadway has created the existing successful database (http://www.history.qmul.ac.uk/wwtn/database.html) and is eager to take it further. Computer technicians at the Institute of Historical Research will add expertise where required. Katharine Keats-Rohan, building on her fine collection of family tress, will contribute the section devoted to analysis of the social class of the supporting family networks. Members of the Geography department at Queen Mary have undertaken to provide GIS mapping support.The proposed partnership with the Historical Association will secure delivery of a wider target audience making the results as accessible as possible beyond the academic world to include family historians. This will allow us to get more feedback about the possible uses of the database and website.