The Network of Correspondents of Jobst Hermann von Ilten (1649-1730)

The dataset contains graph data for the correspondence of the Hanoverian diplomat and politican Jobst Hermann von Ilten (1649-1730) in Gephi Project File format and JSON format. The data is based on von Ilten's collection of letters, which is part of the papers of his son Thomas Eberhard von Ilten (1685-1758). The original papers are held, digitized and catalogued at the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek in Hanover (GWLB).

The Graph is designed to analyze the network of Jobst Hermann von Ilten and how it changed over time and identify key correspondents. For these purposes only correspondents with ten or more letters were considered. An exceptions with viewer letters were individuals of particular importance to Jobst Hermann von Ilten: his brother-in-law Otto XIII. Grote (1636-1693), the Prussian prime minister Eberhard von Danckelmann (1643-1722) and the Hanoverian General Carl Christian von Sommerfeldt (1650-1712).

The Graph was created with Gephi 0.10 using the Fruchterman Reingold algorithm. For nodes intervals were defined based on the year of birth and the year of death of the person they represent. The intervals for the edges representing the correspondence are defined by the first and the last letter from each letter-writer. Intervals for the nodes in the Gephi Project File have not been exported to the JSON file. Intervals for the edges are included in both the Gephi Project File and the JSON file.