Quantitative Results of the Medieval Institutional Audit
Nambona YANGUERE
April 3, 2026
The data reveals strong correlations between institutional protocols, social extraction, and overall ESG performance across centuries.
Dimension-level findings:
Key observations:
Network insights:
Survivability findings:
Economic trajectory:
A sample of the architectural and territorial legacy left behind by these institutional nodes. The grid below dynamically loads surviving structures from the our local asset archive filled mainly with personal pictures or Wikimedia Commons images.
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## 1. Ecosystem and ESG Performance
The data reveals strong correlations between institutional protocols, social extraction, and overall ESG performance across centuries.
### 1.1 Average ESG Profile by Top Orders
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**Dimension-level findings**:
* **Environmental**: Cistercian communities lead (+12 points above mean), driven by documented hydraulic engineering and agricultural diversification.
* **Social**: Benedictine communities score highest, reflecting their documented role in education, hospitality, and manuscript preservation.
* **Governance**: Cistercian and Benedictine orders score comparably, both benefiting from codified rules that ensured institutional continuity across leadership transitions.
### 1.2 Environmental Stewardship vs Longevity
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### 1.3 ESG Performance by Social Class
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## 2. Territory & Geopolitics
### 2.1 Spatial Density & Hotspots
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**Key observations**:
* Highest density corridors follow the **Rhine-Rhône axis** and the **Northern French plains**.
* Secondary clusters appear along the **Camino de Santiago** corridor and the **Po Valley**.
* Isolated nodes in **Scandinavia** and **Eastern Europe** correspond to late-period missionary foundations.
* And we notice a strong and ancient network of worship plaves in **Sudan**, **Egypt**, and **Ethiopia**.
* Crusades let a print to the **Levant**.
### 2.2 Institutional Network Connectivity
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**Network insights**:
* Average sister community distance: **87 km**.
* Cistercian networks show **tighter clustering**, consistent with their documented filiation system (mother-daughter houses).
* Communities with **5+ sister connections** show 40% higher composite ESG scores, suggesting network density correlates with resilience.
### 2.3 Primary Threats (Dissolution Causes)
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**Survivability findings**:
* **Political intervention (42%)** — royal seizures, reformations.
* **Economic collapse (28%)** — revenue decline, failed harvests.
* **Conflict (18%)** — wars, raids, territorial disputes.
* **Internal governance failure (12%)** — leadership disputes, rule violations.
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## 3. Economy & Revenue Models
### 3.1 Economic Hierarchy by Order
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### 3.2 Macro Revenue Index Over Time
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**Economic trajectory**:
* **Growth phase (900–1250)**: Steady increase across all orders, correlating with political consolidation and trade route expansion.
* **Peak (1200–1280)**: Cistercian economic output peaks earliest, driven by large-scale agricultural investment.
* **Disruption (1300–1400)**: Sharp decline across all orders, correlating with the Great Famine (1315), Black Death (1347), and Hundred Years War.
### 3.3 Major Revenue Sources
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## 4. Demographics & Governance
### 4.1 Gender Demographics across Centuries
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### 4.2 Institutional Lifespan by Gender
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## 5. Visual Heritage
A sample of the architectural and territorial legacy left behind by these institutional nodes. The grid below dynamically loads surviving structures from the our local asset archive filled mainly with personal pictures or Wikimedia Commons images.
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