Fundamental Aspects and Conditions of the European Middle Ages, ed. Albrecht Classen (Berlin and New York: De Gruyter, in preparation).
Contributors, please note: November 10, 2013 is the last possible date to submit your pieces.
Well, that date also passed. But now, the very last date to have everything in will be March 31, 2014.
This is a new book project, and contributors are invited to join, writing individual articles on a wide range of fundamental aspects relevant for the cultural history of the European Middle Ages.
Each entry should consist of ca. 20 pp. Scholarship must be included in endnotes (only abbreviated information), followed by a bibliography with the full information. Each entry must cover the topic from an interdisciplinary and trans-European perspective. The purpose is to provide concise, yet complex information on the basis of most recent scholarship.
Time line:
Assignment of topics to be completed by Nov. 2011
Submission of articles by Oct. 31, 2012 (alas, this will have to be flexible)
Revisions by the end of January 2013
Well, this did not work out with a majority of pieces. So, let’s try to shoot for end of Feb. 2013 for the first version of the remaining pieces. Thanks.
Well, this did not work either for many, so here is the absolutely final deadline to submit at least the first rough draft: NOV. 10, 2013. Thereafter I will simply cut out what has not yet been submitted.
There are very specific format requirements, so if you are unclear, I’ll send you my sample article once again.
Here are the criteria:
· a maximum of 60.000 characters per article (including spaces)
· structure: capital letters as labels for top-level headings; the sub-structure is up to the individual author
· optional: up to three images (B/w) per article; author has to provide files in suitable quality (min. 300dpi), is also resposible for obtaining rights
· citation: always in-text and in brackets: (Surname Year, Page); Example: (Classen 2001, 53); for edited works: (Surname, ed., Year, Page); Example: (Classen, ed., 2010, 53)
. No foot- or endnotes!!!
If you can, would you include a reference to the Handbook of Medieval Studies, if there is a special article in your area? Thanks.
Possible points of errors in formatting, please watch them and follow the list below:
- there is no comma between city of publication and year
- pp. (without ‘pp.’) always at the end
- no –, but always m-dash when there is a pause or break in the sentence
- never any underlining or any bold
- for number sequences, please use a n-dash: 46–49
- always write out all years for historical events or figures (1418-1495)
- the adjective ‘medieval’ is spelled with the small ‘m.
- Antiquity, if not beginning a sentence, is written with a small ‘a’
- Renaissance is always capitalized
- make sure you have always a short bibliography, of ca. 5-10 titles, and then a full bibliography with all titles included
- Middle Ages – always capitalized, while antiquity not (Renaissance also capitalized)
- all adjectives referring to a country or a name have to be capitalized
- You need to include sub-headings, use an alphabetic system thereafter: A. B., C., etc.
- pp. numbers are never italicized (only titles)
- nor are etc., et passim, et al., or ca. (do not forget: ca., instead of c.)
- when there are two editors, no comma after the first name of the first editor since there is then an ‘and’: Miller, John and Francis Smith. If three or more ed., limit to three: Miller, John, Francis, Smith, Tom Ward, et al., ed.
- for articles in a journal, use the colon after the year: (2009): 14-27; if in a volume, no ‘in’, only the book title in italics etc.
- always the author’s name followed by a comma to separate from title
- we do not include book series and vol. no.
- if you need to identify a vol. no, follow that after the book title, i.e.: (Paris 1941), vol. 1, 10-55.
- when parenthesis within another, use square brackets
- in text, when referring to an ed., cite only the ed. name year, and pp.
- as to numbers, use this model: 2-4; 17-34; 154-59, 1440-48
- only ed., even when two or more editors
- toward, not towards
- onward, not onwards
- American spelling (analyze, criticize, etc.)
- when using slashes to indicate verse break, always a space before and after
- main title: pt. 15, subheadings and text: 12 pt., please use Times New Roman
- always m-dashes instead of double-hyphen, and no space before and after the dash
- in bibliography, no comma between city and year. In the case of US cities, normally add: e.g.: (Tempe, AZ, 2008). Otherwise, in the text: (New York 2011)
- spell out centuries, e.g.: thirteenth century, and when used as an adjective, do not forget the hyphen: thirteenth-century discourse (note: century not capitalized!)
- text always single-spaced
- Do not indent at first paragraph
- Begin with header of your topic, Times Roman 15, rest of text in 12 pts
- subtitles of articles and books separated by a colon!
- Ph.D. diss.: last name first name, “Title,” Ph.D. diss., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2013
- All major words in book and article titles are capitalized (first letter); this also applies to subtitles, irrespective of the way how the title might be printed in the book
- Use as abbreviations: trans. and ed. or rpt. (this always follows the title, except in the bibliography
- Do not forget to color mark key words for the index (blue, green, and red)
- always provide at least rough dates for persons
- do not use bold; if there is a title of a primary work in a book title, which you must italicize, have that title then not-italicized
- always have a spatium between abbreviated first names (inc. names of publishers, such as D. S. Brewer)
- if you have any question about formatting, ask me first before sending your piece
- no superscripta, esp. not for 14th century etc.
- in the bibliography, always repeat the name of the author (we will eliminate that later)
- commas and periods always within the quotation “marks.”
- when list of items, people, etc., do not forget the comma separating all of them despite the ‘and’ (like here before the etc.)
· in case of several publications by the same author/editor within one year: use letters for distinction (2001a, 2001b etc.)., and always repeat their full names (will be changed later, but for technical reasons it is safer if you do so for now!) in the bibliography
· Select bibliography at the end of each article with 5-10 titles (in case of very broad subjects: max. 15) à only the most important texts, the “essentials” (as service for students)
· Complete bibliography that will be part of a huge combined bibliography at the end of the handbook. Here, every source you cited in your article is listed (separated into primary and secondary works). Important: the bibliographical items have to match directly the in-text-citation, so that users can find what they are searching for in the huge bibliography (example: If a collection of texts is called “Classen, ed., 2010” in your article, it has to be listed under “Classen” in the bibliography, not under the collection’s title)
– The titles in the select bibliography must be repeated in the complete bibliography.
· For the general bibliographic style refer to Prof. Classen’s sample article
· Three indexes are planned: persons (authors and historical persons, no fictional characters!), works, subject-index; please mark the keywords digitally in your Word-document: persons in red, works in blue, subjects in green; please use the subject-index only at suitable points (where actual information on a subject is found, not only the keyword as such); Every instance of a term that you want to be listed in the index has to be marked separately.
Specifics: always ca., no superscripta, for millenia: C.E. vs. B.C.E.
for numbers in triplicate: not: 101-124, but: 101-24.
Topics to be covered (can be expanded, suggestions are invited): (x indicates completion)
Agriculture (Madelon Köhler-Busch ) promised but not delivered
Alchemy (see Occult Sciences)
Animals, Fish, and Birds (Christopher R. Clason) x
Architecture (Charlotte A. Stanford) x
Art (see Visual Arts)
Astrology (see Occult Sciences)
Astronomy (Romedio Schmitz-Esser) x
Banking (see Economy)
Baths and Washing (Elizabeth Archibald, withdrawn)
Bible and Biblical Exegesis (Stephen Penn) x
Cartography (Eike Schnall) promised but not delivered
Children and Childhood (Daniel Pigg) x
Chivalry and Knighthood (Ken Mondschein) x
Church and the Clergyn – Christian (see also Greek-Orthodox Church) (Linda M. Rouillard) x
Coats of Arms, Flags, and Banners (Marc von der Hoeh) promised but not delivered
City (Johannes Bernwieser) x
Communication (Lia Ross) x
Court and Aristocracy (Nadia Pawelchak) x
Craftsmanship (see under Guilds)
Daily Life (Gerhard Jaritz) x
Death (Hiram Kuemper) x
Defense Systems and Siege Engines (see weapons)
Dreams (Jan Wehrle) x
Dwarfs, Trolls, Ogres, and Giants (Werner Schäfke) x
Education and Schooling (David Sheffler) x
Eschatology, Apocalypticism, Chiliasm/Millennialism, and Utopianism (Richard Landes)
Economy, Money, Banking (Philipp Roessner) x
Family (Jeanette Zissell) promised but not delivered
Fairies and Fairy Folklore (Jean Goodrich) x
Fashion (Karina Marie Ash) promised but not delivered; replaced by Emily Rozier
Feudalism (Scott Taylor)
Food and Hunger (Sarah Gordon) obviously not coming in
Foreigners and Fear (Charles W. Connell) x
Forest, the River, the Mountain, the Field, and the Meadow (Marilyn Sandidge) x
Friendship (John Hill) x
Games and Pastime (Paul Milliman) x
God (Hans-Werner Goetz) x
Greek Orthodox Church (Kriszta Kotsis) x
Guilds and Crafstmen (Gary Richardson)
Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell (Eileen Gardiner) x
Horses (Cynthia Jeney) x
Humor (Sarah Gordon) promised but not delivered
Hunting (Jacqueline Stuhmiller) x
Illness and Death (Charlotte A. Stanford) x
Jewish Culture and Literature in England (Miriamne Krummel) x
Jewish History: Convivencia in Spain (Mark Abate) x
Languages (Oliver Traxel) x
Law (Scott Taylor) x
Literature (Cristian Bratu) x
Love and Marriage (A. Classen) x
Magic, Superstition, Divination (Christa Tuczay) x
Manuscripts (Scott Gwara) x
Medicine (Alain Touwaide) x
Memory (Kisha Tracy) x
Mental Health (Sarah Gordon) promised but not delivered
History of Medieval Metrology (Werner Heinz) x
Merchants (Jeroen Puttevils) x
Money and Usury (Maria Dorninger) promised but not delivered
Monasticism (Ralf Lützelschwab) x
Monsters (Mary Kate Hurley) x
Music (Karl Kuegle) x
Numismatics and Monetary System (Rory Naismith) x
Numbers (Moriz Wedell) x
Occult Sciences (Thomas Willard) x
Old Age (Sarah M. Anderson) x
Papacy (John Dempsey) x
Patrons, Artis, and Audience (Cristian Bratu) x
Poor and Rich (Frank Gentry) x
Public Opinion (Charles Connell) x
Religious Conflicts (John Sewell) x
Revolt and Revolution (Michael Sizer) x
Rural World and the Peasant (Daniel Pigg) x
Saints (Christina Clever) x
Senses (Richard Newhauser) x
Sermons (Charles Connell) x
Ships and Seafaring (Timothy Runyan) x
Space and Cosmos (pulled).
Technology (Eike Schnall) promised but not delivered
Threats, Dangers, and Catastrophes (Ben Snook) x
Time Measurement (Ken Mondschein and Denis Casey) x
Toilet, Waste (Gerhard Jaritz) x
Transportation, Roads, and Bridges (Albrecht Classen) x
Travel (Romedio Schmitz-Esser) x
University (Graeme Dunphy) x
Visual Arts (Francis Parton) x
War and Peace (Ben Snook) x
Weapons (Ken Mondschein) x
Weather and Climate (Madelon Köhler-Busch) promised but not delivered
Witchcraft and Superstition (Christa Tuczay) x