Medieval worlds

Medieval Worlds  
Discipline Medieval Studies
Peer-reviewed double-blind peer-reviewed
Language English
Edited by Walter Pohl, Andre Gingrich
Publication details
Publication history
founded 2015
Publisher
Austrian Academy of Sciences Press on behalf of the Institute of Medieval Research at the Academy of Sciences
Frequency biannually
open-access
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Indexing
ISSN 2412-3196
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Medieval Worlds. Comparative & Interdisciplinary Studies is a double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of Medieval Studies. It is published semi-annually online and open-access by the Austrian Academy of Sciences Press on behalf of the Institute of Medieval Research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.[1]

The journal’s main scope are interdisciplinary, transcultural and comparative studies of the time period from roughly 400 to 1500 CE, with a focus on Europe, Asia and North Africa.[2] The founders and current editors are Walter Pohl and Andre Gingrich.

Medieval Worlds was established in 2015 with initial funding of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) in an initiative to promote innovative open access journals.[3]

The journal is indexed in Crossref,[4] DOAJ,[5] ERIH PLUS[6] and EZB.[7]

Themes

Medieval Worlds publishes open issues and themed issues. Among the themes are:

  • Comparison in Medieval Studies[8]
  • Empires: Elements of Cohesion and Signs of Decay[9]
  • The Genetic Challenge to Medieval History and Archaeology[10]
  • Religious Exemption in Pre-Modern Eurasia, c. 300–1300 CE[11]
  • Medieval Religious Polemic across Genres and Research Cultures[12]

References

  1. Institute for Medieval Research: E-Journal; accessed on 20 September 2018.
  2. FWF Medieval Worlds project abstract; accessed on 20 September 2018.
  3. FWF report: Initial funding for high quality open access; accessed on 20 September 2018; FWF – research in practice; accessed on 20 September 2018.
  4. Medieval Worlds at Crossref; accessed on 20 September 2018.
  5. Medieval Worlds at DOAJ; accessed on 20 September 2018.
  6. Medieval Worlds at ERIH PLUS; accessed on 20 September 2018.
  7. Medieval Worlds at EZB; accessed on 20 September 2018.
  8. Volume 1. 2015 and Volume 5. 2017; accessed on 20 September 2018.
  9. Volume 2. 2015; accessed on 20 September 2018.
  10. Volume 4. 2016; accessed on 20 September 2018.
  11. Volume 6. 2017; accessed on 20 September 2018.
  12. Volume 7. 2018; accessed on 20 September 2018.
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