Nuevas perspectivas para el estudio de las sociedades medievales: el análisis de redes sociales

Abstract

Social Network Analysis has experienced a boom in the last decades among scientists of different areas. Nevertheless, it has not had the same success among historians, especially in the field of medievalism. The article exposes how this methodology can help historical research beside the problems of adapting it to this discipline. With this purpose, it presents a revision of the works of medieval history that have applied the Social Network Analysis. The aim is to state the achievements, the limitations and the potential that this path of study represents for History in general and, especially, for the Middle Ages.