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Citation

Meehan, Eddie (2025) Quantitative data on the use of imperium (empire) in early medieval advice to kings and queens. University of Leeds. [Dataset] https://doi.org/10.5518/1784

Dataset description

This dataset is a quantitative dataset of the use of the terms imperium, imperator, and connected words in a group of advice texts for Carolingian (c. 751-888, western Europe) rulers. I used Quanteda, a set of packages for the R programming language, to gather this data from the plaintext and perform the statistical operations needed, including collocation and keyness analyses. The dataset is then used in the associated article to argue for changing conceptual meanings of the term over the eighth and ninth centuries.

Subjects:	V000 - Historical & philosophical studies > V100 - History by period > V150 - Medieval history V000 - Historical & philosophical studies > V300 - History by topic > V340 - Intellectual history
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures > Leeds Humanities Research Institute
Date deposited:	27 Nov 2025 15:43
URI:	https://archive.researchdata.leeds.ac.uk/id/eprint/1495
Additional details Additional details Creators or authors: Creators ORCID Other ID Email Primary affiliation Primary affiliation ID Primary affiliation ID type Secondary affiliation Secondary affiliation ID Secondary affiliation ID type Meehan, Eddie https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3138-1048 University of Leeds https://ror.org/024mrxd33 ror Type of data: Dataset Research funders: Arts and Humanities Research Council Grant numbers: 2636070 Publication date: 2025 Resource language: Latin Metadata language: English Publisher: University of Leeds Contact email: emeehan@liverpool.ac.uk Last Modified: 27 Nov 2025 15:54

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