1. THE 1641 DEPOSITIONS – DIGITAL HUMANITIES IN ACTION (HI 7012) GRÁINNE KELLY 01538497 NOVEMBER 2013 Gender and County: The 1641 Depositions of women in Co. Meath

2. Overview Objective Why Co. Meath? Why women in Co. Meath? Research Methods:  Quantitative Findings  Qualitative Finding

3. Objective To present Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of the Depositions of women in Co. Meath

4. The Depositions in Co. Meath

6. Depositions given by women in Co. Meath

7. What do they tell us?

8. Conclusions Close reading = insight Looking at metadata= patterns Access to digitised material (and online search tools) Volume of material involved precludes further close reading Interesting and worthy case study

9. So finally… Any Questions?

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