DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17518578
title: Dataset for "Narratives of religious dissidence in medieval inquisition records: computing the representation and sequencing of crimes in Peter Seila's register of sentences (1241–2)"

description: This dataset supports the article: Robert L. J. Shaw , Tomáš Hampejs David Zbíral, "Narratives of religious dissidence in medieval inquisition records: computing the representation and sequencing of crimes in Peter Seila’s register of sentences (1241–2)", Historical Research (2025), https://doi.org/10.1093/hisres/htaf030.It is composed of three sheets, containing data derived from Peter Seila's register of inquisition sentences (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS Doat 21, fols. 185r–324r).1. A table of all crimes ("crimes" sheet; n=3789) narrated in the summaries of guilt in textual order. 





“crime_id": a unique identifier for each crime




"suspect_id", "suspect_name": specifies the suspect i.e., the person in whose summary the crime appears




"suspect_sex": records the sex of the suspect




"region", "period": records the region and period in which the crime was recorded 




"crime_type": a variable based on the original Latin form/s of particular crime semantics; there are 143 such “crime types”, mostly describing various forms of contact with dissident ministers 




"crime_category": an analytical categorization (6 categories in total); based on the different forms of contact 




"dissident_minister_affiliation": a record of the sect affiliation of the crime, depending on the type of the dissident minister involved; "h" = heretici; "v" = valdenses, "b" = both, "u" = unaffiliated




"recurrence": a recurrence category ("once", "multiple" or "being") capturing three levels of crime recurrence specification




"aggravating_alleviating_circumstance": a record of any guilt contextualizaton  ("aggravating", "alleviating" or "NA"), capturing whether there are any additional circumstances pertaining to guilt mentioned in the crime's narration




"location_circumstance": a record ofwhether a location is specified in relation to the crime ("location" or "NA")




"statement_text": the original text from which the coding of the crime derives



2. A table of all individual summaries of guilt in the register ("summaries" sheet"; n=649). Each summary describes the guilt of one person. The 7 textual summaries in the source referring to two people have each been rendered as two individual summaries. Parts of the table are a projection of the “crimes” sheet. 





"summary_id": a unique ID for each summary




"suspect_id", "suspect_name": specifies the suspect of the summary




"suspect_sex": records the sex of the suspect




"region", "period": records the region and period in which the summary was recorded




"crime_sequence": the sequence of crime types (individual crimes separated by spaces); derived from the data in the “crime_type” data in the ““crime” sheet, grouped by “suspect_id” and retaining textual order




"sect_sequence": the sequence of crime sect affiliations (h = heretici; v = valdenses, b = both, u = unaffiliated); derived from the "dissident_minister_affiliation” data in the “crime” sheet, grouped by “suspect_id” and retaining textual order




"recurrence_sequence": the sequence of crime recurrence categories ("once", "multiple" or "being" values separated by spaces); derived from the “recurrence” data in the “crime” sheet, grouped by “suspect_id” and retaining textual order




"sequence_length": length of summary crime sequence (i.e., number of crimes within the summary)




"crime_type_non-adjacent_reps", "seeing_and_seeking_non-adjacent_reps": the two types of non-adjacent crime repetitions defined in the article; derived from the sequence of crime types 




"narbonne_language_sequence": the rendering of the summary’s crime sequence in the crime language of the Narbonne Order interrogatory, performed in the manner described in the article




“narbonne_number_sequence”:  the rendering of the summary’s crime sequence as a series of numbers (separated by “_”) according to the place numbers of the associated crimes within the Narbonne Order interrogatory sequence




"narbonne_conformity_index", "narbonne_conformity_index_vidit_segmented": the two types of Narbonne Order conformity index defined in the article



3. A dictionary of the crime types found in the register ("crime_dictionary" sheet, n=143). 





"crime_type": the crime type based on its Latin form/forms and meaning




"crime_type_english": an English translation of the Latin crime type




"crime_category": the crime category (out of 6 such categories) within which the crime type falls




"crime_count": the count of each crime type within the register's summaries 




"narbonne_crime_equivalent": the Narbonne Order interrogatory crime to which we have associated it with for the purpose of the conformity analysis




"narbonne_sequence_number": the place number (from 1 to 28) of the associated Narbonne Order interrogatory crime within the Narbonne Order interrogatory sequence