Mirator

CFP Mirator 1/26 special issue: Medieval studies in Finland. Eds. Sanna Supponen & Anna-Stina Hägglund

Medieval studies in Finland have a long tradition, dating back to the 17th century and the founding of the Royal Academy of Turku. Interest in Finland’s medieval past grew particularly during the 19th century, when the compilation of source editions began, which have been a vital support to generations of scholars. In the early 20th century, the Middle Ages also played an important role in shaping national identity. Since the 1990s, medieval studies in Finland have experienced renewed vitality, marked by the founding of the Society for Medieval Studies in Finland – Glossa in 1996. The newest generation of researchers has placed increasing emphasis on international perspectives, viewing the Finnish regions as part of the cultural sphere of the Baltic Sea and, more broadly, as an integral part of European history. Internationality has also been reflected in researchers’ work, where crossing borders, both physically and through research topics, has become increasingly common. At the same time, interest in re-enacting the Middle Ages has grown, alongside its use for political aims, in literary settings, and as a theme for fairs. The history of medieval studies includes strong personalities and highly varied interpretations of key events and phenomena. In honour of the 30th anniversary of the Society for Medieval Studies – Glossa, the theme of issue 1/26 of Mirator is medieval research in Finland.

We welcome article proposals from various fields of medieval studies, such as archaeology, art history, history, musicology, theology, and philology.

Possible themes may include:

▪︎ The significance and role of individual scholars in the formation of specific interpretations
▪︎ Thematic overviews of the research field of a particular phenomenon
▪︎ Teaching the Middle Ages in schools as well as in universities
▪︎ Medieval studies as part of the history of institutions such as libraries, archives, research units, or foundations
▪︎ The practice of medieval history as re-enactment and its various forms
▪︎ The use of medieval history, popular perceptions, and pseudohistory
▪︎ Internationalisation

Mirator (https://journal.fi/mirator) is a multilingual, peer-reviewed open access journal published by Glossa – the Society for Medieval Studies in Finland. In accordance with Mirator’s open access policy, all texts published in the journal are freely available (readable, downloadable, shareable, linkable) without any fee or special permission. The journal publishes articles in Finnish, Swedish, and English.

Please send a 250-word abstract and a short bio by June 16, 2025 to:
[email protected] and [email protected].

Final manuscripts must follow the journal’s author guidelines (https://journal.fi/mirator/about/submissions). All submissions will undergo peer review.

Important dates:

June 16, 2025: Deadline for abstracts

January 30, 2026: Deadline for full article

May/June 2026: Issue will be published

Mirator The launch of the thematic issue: ”Fighting for the East”, Mirator 25:1, ed. Kurt Villads Jensen, Jens E. Olesen & Kirsi Salonen 2025-03-20 The medieval history of the Baltic Sea region and Scandinavia is an entanglement of Germanic, Scandinavian, Finnic, Baltic and Slavic peoples who interacted...

The latest issue of Mirator is published! Our heartfelt thanks to the editors, authors, and reviewers for their efforts! It is a great honour to host the festschrift of such an influential and eminent scholar of Finnish and Northern medieval history.

Mirator, Volume 25/1 (2025): Fighting for the East - Festschrift for John Lind, ed. Kurt Villads Jensen, Jens E. Olesen & Kirsi Salonen

https://journal.fi/mirator/issue/view/12158

CONTENTS:

Jens E. Olesen, Kurt Villads Jensen, Kirsi Salonen: Introduction to the thematic number ‘Fighting for the East’

Henrik Stenius: Gränslinjer i terrängen och i huvudet. En gränsforskares vistelser i Finland

Lars Kjær: “Heir to his Name and Blood”. The Valdemarian Kings of Denmark and the Slavs, 1168–1241

Carsten Selch Jensen: Pro Fide Catholica. Fighting men in the service of the Sword Brothers in Livonia

Sini Kangas: References to Children in Henry’s Livonian Chronicle

Jukka Korpela: Aleksanteri Julma – Aleksanteri Nevski tataaripäällikkönä

Johnny Grandjean Gøgsig Jakobsen: Var der en dominikansk (og franciskansk) mission omkring Den Finske Bugt i middelalderen?

Kirsi Salonen: Hämeen kapina – uudelleentulkinta

Stefan Brink: Norwegian ármaðr – Swedish ari – Gothic airus

Jens E. Olesen: Erik af Pommern og striden om Gotland 1435–1449

Kurt Villads Jensen: Uppsala mod tyrken. Anti-islamiske forelæsninger i Sverige i slutningen af 1400-tallet

Janus Møller Jensen: Ærkebiskop Erik Valkendorf og kortlægningen af det yderste nord i begyndelsen af 1500-tallet

Lars Bisgaard: Folkeviser fra Kong Hans og Christian 2.s tid

Vol 25 Nro 1 (2025): Fighting for the East - Festschrift for John Lind Mirator on monikielinen keskiajan tutkimukseen erikoistunut vertaisarvioitu verkkojulkaisu. Miratoria julkaisee Keskiajan tutkimuksen seura Glossa ry.

Mirator 24(1) has been published. A big thank you to all writers and reviewers! The latest issue includes the following contributions:

ARTICLES
Ryder Patzuk-Russell & Yoav Tirosh: Icelandic Hospitals, Clergy, and Disability in the Saga og Bishop Lárentíus
Toni Simanainen & Marko Lamberg: Olaus Magnus ja mereen liitetyt ihmeet keskiajan ja uuden ajan alun ruotsalaisessa kirjallisessa perinteessä
Franziska Dalheimer & Tuomas Aakala: Availability and Consumption of Wooden Resource for the Construction of Late Medieval Roof Structures in Finland
Dean Swinford: Cosmic Position in Chaucer’s House of Fame

OTHER
Saku Pihko: Information and Lived Religion in Inquisition Records from Medieval Languedoc: Lectio praecursoria

BOOK REVIEWS
Mikko Kauko: Pyhän Mechtildin ilmestykset (review by Leena Enqvist)
Peter Biller & L. J. Sackville (eds): Inquisition and Knowledge 1200–1700 (review by Saku Pihko)

Mirator vol. 24 Nro 1 (2024) Mirator on monikielinen keskiajan tutkimukseen erikoistunut vertaisarvioitu verkkojulkaisu. Miratoria julkaisee Keskiajan tutkimuksen seura Glossa ry.

Call for submission, issue 2/23

Mirator is looking for submissions for the second issue of 2023, to be published in December. Articles submitted by the end of June 2023 are guaranteed review comments by September, and articles accepted with minor or no revisions can be accepted to the December issue.

Mirator is an Open Access journal published by Glossa – The Society for Medieval Studies in Finland, a member of the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies. Mirator publishes peer review articles on all topics, areas and fields of medieval studies, new editions of sources pertaining to the Finnish Middle Ages, and book reviews. We welcome articles in English, Swedish and Finnish.

Publishing in Mirator is free, there are no article processing charges; nor do we charge for submitting articles for review. Unfortunately, Mirator cannot pay any remunerations for the published contributions or cover language-checks.

Mirator is a scholarly Open Access journal. This means that all content is freely available immediately upon publication free of charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.

Mirator accepts submission via its journal.fi platform, which also has the journal guidelines and style sheet.

For more information, please contact the editor-in-chiefs

Jenni Kuuliala, [email protected]
Reima Välimäki, [email protected]