Sir, I read your article about 5 times now. No where do I see an indication of an engagement with medieval sources, or a proper engagement with the secondary literature. I should point out, again, that the medieval data is sparse and absent for many places, across time.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @JoHenrich
I see some old papers and refuted monographs in your reference list. I also see that you do not acknowledge several areas that were under the influence of the Church within the periods you selected.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @JoHenrich
So tell me in plain text: what medieval sources did you use? Don’t direct me to look at the data sets, I cannot see where any of the medieval data is represented there. I want to know: manuscripts, texts, places. Why there is no accounting for cousin marriages post 1500
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @JoHenrich
Section 9.3 of their supplemental details the sources used for the Church exposure variables.pic.twitter.com/iX16yzpiB2
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Replying to @babeheim @JoHenrich
That data is not representative of demographics in the medieval period, nor can it attest to people adhering to Church law. May I ask why places like Ethiopia and Syria were not shown to have been under the influence of the Church when they were?
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @JoHenrich
Those are legitimate points to raise, but the original claim was "They didn’t use medieval sources", which seems to be clearly false.
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Replying to @babeheim @JoHenrich
That was based off of someone yesterday telling me they didn’t. I was saying before that the data they used would have to be spotty at best, because we cannot get demographic data for many parts of medieval Europe.
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So I apologize, but I spent a great deal of time yesterday trying to find the medieval sources and asking for help. Someone told me they used contemporary data, that was my mistake for taking that person on faith.
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But now that I have it, thank you. I can respond more appropriately knowing what the basis is.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @JoHenrich
No problem. When I transitioned from history to quantitative social sci, I found that writing papers was a totally different experience - most of the paper is in the supplemental, with the manuscript itself acting more like an extended abstract.
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Ah see, had no idea. Would have appreciated a point to that yesterday from any number of scientists in my mentions.
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