Medieval Worlds

MEDIEVAL WORLDS provides a new forum for interdisciplinary and transcultural studies of the Middle Ages. It specifically encourages and links comparative research between different regions and fields and promotes methodological innovation in transdisciplinary studies. Focusing on the Middle Ages, the period between 400 and 1500 C.E., to be extended whenever thematically fruitful or appropriate, medieval worlds takes a global approach to studying history in a comparative setting. Building upon studies of transcultural relations and processes of hybridization between cultures, both of which have seen dynamic developments in recent years, the main approach chosen by medieval worlds is comparative. Taking such a comparative approach will not only allow researchers to highlight the global interaction or hybrid nature of particular cultural spheres, but also help further the understanding of one's own object of study. Moreover, medieval worlds encourages a critical debate between the disciplines about approaches and methods, and thus helps to avoid methodological shortcuts and facile generalizations. The journal is funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).