Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies is a quarterly academic journal published by University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Medieval Academy of America. Established in 1926 by Edward Kennard Rand, it is widely regarded as the most prestigious journal in medieval studies. The journal's primary focus is on the time period from 500 to 1500 in Western Europe, but also on related subjects such as Byzantine, Hebrew, Arabic, Armenian and Slavic studies. As of 2019[update], the editor is Katherine L. Jansen.
| Discipline | Medieval studies |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Katherine L. Jansen |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1926–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Speculum |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0038-7134 (print) 2040-8072 (web) |
| LCCN | 27015446 |
| JSTOR | 00387134 |
| OCLC no. | 35801878 |
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The organization and its journal were first proposed in 1921 at a meeting of the Modern Language Association, and the journal's focus was interdisciplinary from its beginning,[1] with one reviewer noting a specific interest in Medieval Latin.[2]
References
edit- ^ Greenlaw, Edwin (1926). "Reviewed Work(s): Speculum: A Journal of Mediaeval Studies. by The Mediaeval Academy of America". Modern Language Notes. 41 (4): 271–273. doi:10.2307/2913990. JSTOR 2913990.
- ^ McK., R. B. (1926). "Reviewed Work(s): Speculum". The Review of English Studies. 2 (7): 375. doi:10.1093/res/os-II.7.375. JSTOR 508377.
External links
edit- Official website
- Online access
- Tables of contents vols. 1 (1926) – 24 (1949)
- Tables of contents vols. 25 (1950) – 49 (1974)
- Tables of contents vols. 50 (1975) – 83 (2008)
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