Introducing Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Sources: a Statement of Purpose

Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Sources seeks to stay true to the mission of its predecessors to be a home to scholarship falling outside the boundaries and constraints of other periodicals by redefining its purpose to be a venue for scholars to offer fresh readings of evidence from the centuries between 400 and 1600. We are dedicating our new series, in other words, to the fundamental scholarship of analysis and interpretation led by direct engagement with the sources – written, visual, or material – in any format, from editions, translations, and commentaries to reports, notes, and reflections. By foregrounding the most basic approach of working outwards from the evidence, our journal aims to re-centre sources and source skills at the heart of our practice, foster conversations across disciplines, regions, and periods, and to be in time the reference for original approaches to and new discoveries of evidence.