The prosopographical method has been fundamental in the discipline of history, making it possible to identify important sectors, elites or social groups in reconstructions of the past. This approach has evolved within this disciplinary field, from political history to social history and other areas within the broad scenario of the social sciences and humanities. In this sense, the purpose of this
... [Show full abstract] paper is to analyse the possibilities of this methodology for history and, through the analysis of two key works, to identify its functionality for future research, especially in the field of regional history.