Imago TEMPORIS. Medium Aevum
PRESENTATION
I. Presentation and call for articles
In a young university, like the University of Lleida (Catalonia, Spain), the “Consolidated Research Group on Medieval Space, Power and Culture Studies” brings together researchers of the medieval period from different disciplines. In doing so, we ask about what happened, about the image we have, about the accuracy of the mirror through which we contemplate it. What happened? What distorting effects can the mirror introduce into it? Could it be explained another way? Are there other ways to see it? That is why we are talking about the mirror image, the Imago Speculo”.
Recently, and from very varied viewpoints, a lot has been said about the different perspectives for entering into knowledge about the past, questioning not only the historiographical schools but also the routes to approach the historical events. That is why we have understood that there was room for a new scientific and editorial challenge to involve all those who, from very different fields, are researching into the past with a renovating, and interdisciplinary spirit considering the diversity of contributions that are paradigmatic of a globalised world. On taking on this perspective, we pay special attention to the medieval past, because it is undoubtedly the root for many present realities.
With these pretensions we would like to invite the participation of colleagues from all over the world who research into the medieval period from the aspects of history, art history, literature, philology, archaeology or any other perspective. The contributions will be reviewed by an independent and rigorous scientific committee to guarantee the scientific quality. This way, we want to share the adventure of running an annual scientific publication about the medieval period.
II. Sections
To try to cover the common concerns and fit them into the corresponding sections, we propose to distribute the articles in each edition of the journal into three chapters or sections:
1.- The past questioned and unveiled
This is the area for reflecting about the historiography, historical theory, the artistic or literary interpretations, the role of myths, the range of explanations and tendencies...
2.- The past studied and dissected
This is the appropriate section for new contributions in the various research fields and aspects of research, whether these are works with very specific aims or globalising perspectives.
3.- The past explained and recreated
It is the place to reflect about the means to spread and popularising the medieval past: didactics, museology, and formulas for popularising the medieval such as the historical novel...
III. Chronological, thematic and geographic extent
We adopt the Middle Ages as a research perspective in all its different aspects. We recognise that most of the questions that have to be asked can easily be extrapolated so we do not consider any geographic barriers. Similarly, we are aware that any scientific proposal cannot ignore the framework in which it is located, as is the Mediterranean surroundings in our case. Thus, “Imago in Speculo” is offered as a place for discussion and publication of research into the medieval period, in all its extension and diversity, but at the same time, maintaining a specific deference for the Mediterranean area. We thus hope to contribute to promoting research in this field, one of the specific cradles of the Middle Ages.
IV. Language
Bearing in mind the growth of the information society and the globalisation of the world of ideas, we have adopted English as a vehicular language, thus accepting the very widespread current in the field of publications in other scientific disciplines. At the same time, we accept assume the long scientific tradition of the various languages, especially those that have revived research in the Mediterranean field. For this, there will be a specific section of the journal where we will reproduce the texts in their original language when that is not English.
V. Format
We understand the importance of the new technologies and the new journal will have its own specific web page. Similarly, we understand that in a field like medieval history, the publication of a paper still contributes to spreading, reflecting on and exchanging ideas. That is why the journal will be published on paper by the University of Lleida Publications Service at the above-mentioned frequency.
The articles must be presented in informatics format, better in MS-Word format. The text must be between 40.000 and 90.000 characters.
The cover page should carry only the title of the article and the author's name, institutional affiliation, postal and e-mail addresses, and phone number, followed by a 100-120 word abstract.
VI. Norms for citations
1.- “Imago Temporis. Medium Aevum” accepts proposals for publication of completely original texts.
2.- The proposed texts should be sent by ordinary post or e-mail to: Grup de Recerca Consolidat en Estudis Medievals ‘Espai, Poder i Cultura’ Universitat de Lleida, Plaça Víctor Siurana, 1 25003 Lleida (Catalonia) (Spain) medieval@historia.udl.cat
3.- The articles can be presented in digital format, preferably MS-Word. The text can be between 40,000 and 90,000 characters in length.
4.- The first page should contain only the title of the article and the author’s name, her or his institutional affiliation, postal and electronic address and telephone number.
5.- All articles must be accompanied by a summary of 100-120 words (abstract) and five key words.
6.- All texts will be submitted to an anonymous evaluation by two experts in the field. Depending on their written reports, the journal may reject these articles or submit them to any scientific observations that are deemed necessary.
7.- To promote the exchange of ideas the articles will be published in English, given that this is the common language of the international academic community. At the same time, the original version of texts written in other languages will also be included in the publication.
8.- When the articles are divided into chapters, all the subdivisions must be indicated by numerical series (1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3…). The second level of the title must be in italics.
9.- Citations of more than three lines must have a blank line before and after, must be written in a smaller font size and be indented from the left margin by a 1.5 cm.
10.- The quotes in the same language as the text must not be written in italics.
11.- All the notes must be footnotes and with the footnote number in superscript after the punctuation marks.
12.- The citations included in the footnotes should follow the norms below:
• A book: Author’s surname, author’s first name. Title of the book. Place of publication: Publisher, year of publication: volume, pages. Connel, William J. La città dei crucci. Fazioni e clienteli in uno stato reppubblicano del ‘400, Toscana: Nuova Toscana editrice, 2000: 24-25. Bisson, Thomas N. Fiscal accounts of Catalonia under the early count-kings (1151-1213). Berkeley-Los Angeles-London: University of California Press, 1984: I, 125-129.
• A book chapter: Author’s surname, author’s first name, “Chapter of book” Title of the book, editor of the publication. Place of publication: Publisher, year of publication: pages. Leroy, Beatrice, “Les juifs convertis dans les villes de Castille au XVe siècle», La ville au Moyen Âge, Noël Coulete et Olivier Guyotjeannin, dirs., Paris: Éditions du CTHS, 1998: 365-378. Cursente, Benoît. “Les montagnes des médiévistes”, Montaignes médiévales. XXXIV Congrès de la Societé des historiens médiévistes de l’Enseignament supérieur public (Chambéry, 23-25 mai 2003). Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne, 2004: 415-433.
• An edition: Author’s surname, author’s first name. Title, editor’s name. Place: Publisher, date of publication: pages ¡. Homilies d’Organyà, ed. Joan Coromines. Barcelona: fundació Revista de Catalunya, 1989: 38-40. Troyes, Chrétien de. Le chevalier de la charrette, ed. Catherine Croizy-Naquet. Paris: Honoré Champion, 2006: 70. Col•lecció diplomàtica de la casa del Temple de Barberà (945-1212), ed. Josep Maria Sans I Travé. Barcelona: Departament de Justícia de la Generalitat de Catalunya, 1997: 109 (nº33).
• An encyclopaedia or dictionary: Author of the entry. "Title of the entry" Title of the reference book. (Number of edition). Place of publication: Publisher, year of publication: pages. Aarab, Rachib. “Islam”. Enciclopèdia de Barcelona, Barcelona: Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2006: 94-95.
• Journals and periodicals: Author’s surname, author’s first name. “Title of the article” Title of the publication, Date of the publication (or, if it is a journal, number of the volume, followed by the year in brackets): Pages. Raxhon, Philippe. “Décrytage d’un manifeste d’historiens”. La Libre Belgique, 25 January 2006: 30.
• A scientific article: Author’s surname, author’s first name. “Title of the article”. Title of the publication, number (ear of publication): pages. Catalán, Diego. "La historiografía en verso y en prosa de Alfonso XI a la luz de nuevos textos. III: Prioridad de la Crónica respecto a la Gran Crónica", Anuario de Estudios Medievales, 2 (1965): 257-299.
• A web page: Author of the web page. " Title of the article." Name of the web page. Data of publication. Associated institution (if not cited before). Date of extraction
Tambareau, Caroline. "Pierre Nora: la mémoire divise, l’histoire réunit". Les Clionautes. 16 October 2005, Centre de Ressources Informatiques 74. 10 August 2006 <www.clionautes.org/spi.phparticle872>
