La prosopografía
Example: La prosopografía revela detalles clave sobre la nobleza medieval.
Definition
"La prosopografía" is a historical method that involves the systematic study and analysis of the collective characteristics, backgrounds, and relationships of a group of individuals, often used to reveal social patterns and key details about populations such as the medieval nobility.
Etymology
"La prosopografía" comes from the Greek words 'prosopon' meaning 'face' or 'person' and 'graphein' meaning 'to write.' It originally referred to a description of a person's appearance but evolved to denote the collective study of people's attributes in historical contexts.
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"La prosopografía" appears in the Vocaplus list "Spanish - History - (C2) - set 1", containing 212 commonly used words.
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