La composition du chapitre cathédral de Laon au XIVe siècle : résultats d'une analyse factorielle

Factorial analysis in mediaeval history : the canons of the chapter of Laon Cathedral. 849 canons have been identified in Laon between 12 72 and 1412. The findings derived from a survey of these canons have been simply and cross-sorted which has in turn isolated five sociological factors social origin family links with the Church, geographical origin, educational background and post occupied. Using corresponding data, the computer has turned out four Burt tables. The four factorial analyses conducted on the basis of these tables divide the canons into two groups according to whether or not they had enjoyed privileges at birth or not, while their functions introduce into the chapter a hierarchy modelled on that of university posts.Millet Hélène. La composition du chapitre cathédral de Laon au XIVe siècle : résultats d'une analyse factorielle. In: Annales. Économies, Sociétés, Civilisations. 36ᵉ année, N. 1, 1981. pp. 117-138