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The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE) is a database which aims to cover all of the recorded inhabitants of England from the late sixth to the end of the eleventh century. It is based on a systematic examination of the available written sources for the period, including chronicles, saints’ Lives, charters, libri vitae, inscriptions, and coins. For further information, see ‘About PASE’ and ‘About the database’.

New data now available

The construction of the database has been undertaken in two stages. PASE 1, covering sources written during the period from 597 to 1042, was published online on 27 May 2005. A substantial amount of new PASE 2 data has been published on 23 December 2009, and is now visible through this web application. PASE 2 covers sources written in the later eleventh and twelfth centuries, and is an extension and enhancement of PASE 1. It includes data for the reign of Edward the Confessor, including charters, the Vita AEdwardi Regis, and Domesday Book. The Normans, and other incomers, have not been covered in their own right; but the 'English' are traced through the reign of William the Conqueror to c. 1100. In addition, the database now contains prosopographic data for coins found and recorded in the Fitzwilliam Library's EMC database.

In addition to the new data, a new web application, providing enhanced access to all the PASE data and some special tools to work specifically with materials from Domesday Book, will appear on this website over the next few months.