Medieval Institute Publications

Medieval People

Intro

"Double Portrait of Israhel van Meckenem and His Wife Ida," Israhel van Meckenem, ca. 1490, Washington D. C., National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.99. Public domain. 

Medieval Institute Publications publishes Medieval People: Social Bonds, Kinship, and Networks (ISSN 2690-8182; eISSN 2690-8190), formerly published under the title Medieval Prosopography: History and Collective Biography (ISSN 0198-9405; eISSN 2381-8700).

Medieval People builds upon what its precursor, Medieval Prosopography, sought to do: it is dedicated to highlighting the experiences of unknown or obscure individuals or groups, as well as exploring the social networks that gave shape to the lives of all medieval people. The journal has been updated, however, to reflect the new trends in scholarship and the ever-growing number of tools available to scholars, as well as the rich offerings of digital humanities projects that can assist scholars in developing a deeper and more inclusive understanding of the medieval world. Therefore volume 35 of Medieval Prosopography was the last volume available in print, while volume 36 (2022), was the first volume under the title Medieval People and the first online-only volume of the journal (articles can be printed by subscribers). 

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Current issue

Current issue: Volume 40 (2025)

Cover of Medieval People 40; beneath the title, an image of a golden goblet with the figure of christ etched on the cup.

List of Illustrations 

Amy Livingstone and "Medieval People," 2012–2024: An Appreciation

Social Networks in Old English Charters by Jeremy Piercy

Uncovering Women's Autonomy within England's Class of Royal Officials: Heregyth, Gænburg, and Wærburh by Chelsea Shields-Más

Roesia Burford (1286–1329) and Her Mercantile Milieu: Commerce, Continuity, and Family Strategy in Fourteenth-Century London by Jack W. McCart

Problems and Possibilities of Namelessness in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages by Jamie Wood, Hope Williard, Máirín MacCarron, Julia Hillner, and James R. Burns

Special Section: Medieval Iberian Social Networks

Medieval Iberian Social Networks by Jamie Wood

Prosopography of Visigothic Queens: Methodological Scope and Criteria by Oriol Dinarès Cabrerizo

Monastic Patronage by Women in Late Antique and Early Medieval Iberia by Carolyn T. La Rocco

Radical Networks: The "Martyrs of Córdoba" and Their Supporters by Nicola Meyrick

Violant de Bar's Social Networks and the Diffusion of French Culture in the Late Medieval Crown of Aragon by Jonathan Seyfried

Women and Exemplary Social Conduct in Fifteenth-Century Portuguese Literature by Ana M. Montero

Jewish Charity Officers in Fifteenth-Century Aragon by Allison Bocchino

SEE VOLUME 40 ON SCHOLARWORKS

DH project

Digital Humanities Projects

Medieval People has featured several digital humanities projects in past issues. The current featured project is titled Mapping the Medieval Woman. 

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Editors

  • Charlotte Cartwright, Christopher Newport University
  • Erin Jordan, Colorado State University
  • Jamie Wood, University of Oxford, UK

Executive board

  • Valerie L. Garver, Northern Illinois University
  • Amy Livingstone, University of Lincoln, UK
  • Jonathan R. Lyon, University of Chicago
  • Joel T. Rosenthal, State University of New York at Stony Brook

This journal explores the lives of medieval people of all ranks, periods and places in the medieval world and welcomes submissions that explore a single life, that highlight the important social bonds of an individual or group, or the study of social networks from late antiquity to the sixteenth century. If the editors believe the article is suitable for publication in the journal, it will be evaluated by experts in the field. Articles in the major European languages are invited and will be published in their original language. Please submit articles through the journal's ScholarWorks page, and contact the editors with any questions about submissions.

General submission rules 

Submitted articles cannot have been previously published, nor be forthcoming in an archival journal or book (print or electronic). Please note: "publication" in a working-paper series does not constitute prior publication. In addition, by submitting material to Medieval People, the author is stipulating that the material is not currently under review at another journal (electronic or print) and that he or she will not submit the material to another journal (electronic or print) until the completion of the editorial decision process at Medieval People.

Formatting requirements 

Please submit articles with a minimum of formatting. Do not justify the right margin, or use varying type sizes or variable line space, or insert extra spaces around paragraphs. See Final Manuscript Preparation Guidelines for further details. Additional necessary materials (e.g., tables, family trees, etc.) should also be submitted as Word files when possible.

The most recent volume of Medieval People, Volume 39, contained articles by Ruth Mazo Karras, Arnaud Fossier, Chanelle Delameillieure, Didier Lett, Elisabeth Lusset, Yanay Israeli and Sharon Kisluk, and Cecilia Cristellon.

All past volumes of Medieval People and its predecessor, Medieval Prosopography, are available on our ScholarWorks platform.

Subscriptions

Medieval People is published annually in a digital format. Journal subscriptions and orders of individual issues, which can also be printed on demand, are handled by our distributor, ISD. Subscription pricing is as follows:

  • Student/retiree/independent scholar subscriptions are $25.
  • Individual subscriptions are $50.
  • Institution or library subscriptions are $100.
  • Our subscription order form can also be used to contact ISD for print-on-demand orders.