Metrics for the identification of primary centers of government from historical itineraries: Přemysl Otakar II: A case study
Adam Mertel|David Kalhous|Zdeněk Stachoň
The royal charters and chronicles present a unique historical source for researching power distribution administration of the medieval kingdom. This paper presents an attempt to progress in analytical approaches presented by German historians from 1980s 1990s study governance Inspired use newly acquainted digital methods humanities, we compare metrics implemented on Přemysl Otakar II (1251-1278) activity itinerary dataset identification primary centers his government. data were collected based research available sources transformed cleaned into table king's activities list geocoded localities. To movement spacetime, also needed reconstruct travel routes corresponding time estimation. In next step, selected twelve ranging fundamental statistical analysis, geostatistics, network analysis evaluate identify reign king. Further, provided comparison all used sense visual methodological point view, perspective their interpretation. addition providing extension itineraries, outcomes analyses brought new contribution