Academic Scholars and Literati in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Principal Investigator: David de la Croix.
Researchers: Matthew Curtis (2023), Filippo Manfredini (2023-), Mara Vitale (2021-), Chiara Zanardello (2021-2025)

Occasional External collaborators: Alice Fabre (AMSE, Marseilles), Robert Stelter (U. Basel), Rossana Scebba (UCL/KUL)

Available versions of the database

Link to the journal, with descriptive datasheets for many institutions

Link to RETE Version 1.0 (Last verified version – 83,000 scholars)
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Link to Latest RETE Version (most up to date)
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Funding

UCLouvain - FSR - ERC Incentive (2017-2020)

European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 883033, "Did elite human capital trigger the rise of the West? Insights from a new database of European scholars." (2021-2026)

Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique-FNRS under Grant No A2.11903.007-F "Human capital and the rise of the West: the key role of scientific academies." (2023-2027)