"Blessed are the Poor": Modelling Christian Values in Early Medieval Canon Law (400–1100) | Zenodo Skip to main Communities My dashboard Log in Sign up Digital Humanities Benelux 2026 Conference Published April 17, 2026 | Version v1 Presentation Open "Blessed are the Poor": Modelling Christian Values in Early Medieval Canon Law (400–1100) Authors/Creators Voit, Friederike 1 Schmidt, Gleb 1 Meeder, Sven 2 Show affiliations 1. Radboud University Nijmegen 2.
Radboud Universiteit Afdeling Geschiedenis Description Deploying methods inspired by topic modelling, this paper presents early results of a study exploring the dynamics of Christianisation and social justice in early medieval canon law. It investigates the hypothesis that, between the fourth century, when Christianity was established as the official religion of the Roman Empire, and the end of the Carolingian era in the tenth century, the values expressed in legal discourse became progressively Christianised, as evident in an increasing focus on care for poor and vulnerable groups. We aim to investigate the prevalence of the semantic field related to social justice as well as its shifting components across early medieval canon law. Files dh_benelux_2026_blessed_are_the_poor.pdf Files (1.2 MB) Name Size Download all dh_benelux_2026_blessed_are_the_poor.pdf md5:aefcd2a655293f66e2b41681340671dc 1.2 MB Preview Download 278 Views 129 Downloads Show more details All versions This version Views Total views 278 278 Downloads Total downloads 129 129 Data volume Total data volume 157.6 MB 157.6 MB More info on how stats are collected.... Versions External resources Indexed in OpenAIRE Communities Keywords and subjects Keywords distant reading topic modelling doc2vec early medieval canon law Details DOI DOI Badge DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19632500 Markdown [](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19632500) reStructuredText .. image:: https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.19632500.svg :target: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19632500 HTML <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19632500"><img src="https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.19632500.svg" alt="DOI"></a> Image URL https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.19632500.svg Target URL https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19632500 Resource type Presentation Publisher Zenodo Conference DH Benelux 2026 , Maastricht, Netherlands, 2 June - 5 June 2026 Languages En Rights License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International The Creative Commons Attribution license allows re-distribution and re-use of a licensed work on the condition that the creator is appropriately credited. Read more Citation Export Technical metadata Created April 21, 2026 Modified April 21, 2026 Jump up About About Policies Infrastructure Principles Projects Roadmap Contact Blog Blog Support Help FAQ Developers REST API OAI-PMH Contribute GitHub Donate Funded by Powered by CERN Data Centre & InvenioRDM Status Privacy policy Cookie policy Terms of Use This site uses cookies. Find out more on how we use cookies Accept all cookies Accept only essential cookies