Author Guidelines

Submissions

Preliminary information

1. Please ensure that the text provided is properly formatted:

• font - 12 (Times New Roman), line spacing - 1.5;
• margins 2.5 cm (each)
• maximum text length (including footnotes and spaces): 60,000 characters;
• centered title of the article, font 14, bold
• the text should be devoid of other formatting characters, e.g. justification;

2. The text should be accompanied by:

• ORCID of the author/authors;
• abstract (300–500 characters) - should contain all key information for the text, it should encourage the reader to read the article. It should contain information about the problem and research questions, sources, methods, basic results, and conclusions from the research. In addition, the abstract should not contain definitions or citations, and should not repeat the information contained in the title.
• keywords (4-6) - allow you to search for text in databases, therefore they should be properly selected, based on the standard terminology used in the discipline;
• attachment bibliography;
• information about the author/authors (250-300 characters), including affiliation

3. The text should have an appropriate structure. It should include parts devoted to: research questions (discussion of the research problem), research context (discussion of the state of research), methodology, obtained results (conclusions).

Citing sources

1. We cite sources in a regular font in quotation marks, preferably in a translation, in exceptional cases in the original, and footnotes always in the original;
2. Quoted passages are not preceded by an ellipsis;
3. The sources written in Cyrillic are given in transliteration, in the footnote, it is allowed to use the Cyrillic alphabet

The spelling of names and surnames

1. We recommend giving the original form of names and surnames, in exceptional cases (e.g. Waszyngton, Cyceron, Majmonides, etc.) the Polonized version established by Polish tradition is allowed;
2. The names of the people quoted for the first time should be given in full; in other cases, we use the initials of the first name or only the surname. In footnotes, we only give initials and surnames, always without academic, professional, or family titles.

The spelling of dates and numerals

1. The adopted way of writing the day date: July 15, 1410
2. In the absence of a day date, the month should always be in words, e.g. in March 1825.
3. The terms “year”, “century” before the date - developed, e.g. in the 15th century, in 1095, after the date - abbreviated, e.g. in the 15th century, in 1095.
4. No figures are used in terms such as “second half”, “eighties”
5. The way of writing numbers with the use of abbreviations: thousand, million, billion, e.g. 2 tys., 5 mln, 10 mld

We use generally accepted abbreviations, e.g. etc., and others.

The bibliography should be divided into two parts:

1) manuscripts and unpublished materials,

2) printed sources and literature on the subject

We use simplified footnotes.

Bibliographic description

Manuscripts and unpublished materials:

Archive name, name of the data set, reference number, sheet no.

footnote: AGAD, ASK XLVI, sygn. 133. k. 5.

bibliography: Archiwum Główne Akt Dawnych, Archiwum Skarbu Koronnego XLVI, sygn. 133.

Print sources and literature on the subject:

1. Source publication

footnote: Kromer 1984, s. 10.

bibliography: Kromer M. (1984), Polska, czyli o położeniu, ludności, obyczajów, urzędach i sprawach publicznych Królestwa Polskiego księgi dwie, przeł. S.  Kazikowski, oprac. R. Marchwiński, Olsztyn.

For classical works such as the works of the ancient Greeks, and Romans, or religious works, we use the generally accepted system based on the constant numbering of chapters, verses, etc.

footnote: Biblia Tysiąclecia, Pnp 2, 10–14.
bibliography: Pismo Święte Starego i Nowego Testamentu w przekładzie z języków oryginalnych (1998), red. S. Dusza et al., wyd. IV, Poznań.

1. Books

footnote: Kuchowicz 1985, s. 30.
bibliography: Kuchowicz Z. (1985), O biologiczny wymiar historii. Książka propozycji, Warszawa.

1. Chapter in the journal

footnote: Konopacki 2004, s. 6.
bibliography: Konopacki A. (2004), Heraldyka Tatarów w Wielkim Księstwie Litewskim na przestrzeni XVI-XIX wieku – wybrane aspekty, „Studia Podlaskie” 14 s. 5-17.

1. Article in a collective work

footnote: Tazbir 1986, s. 330.
bibliography: Tazbir J. (1986), Społeczeństwo wobec reformacji, w: Polska w epoce Odrodzenia. Państwo – społeczeństwo – kultura, red. A. Wyczański, Warszawa.

1. Collective work

footnote: Vademecum 2012, s. 20.
bibliography: Vademecum historyka mediewisty (2012), red. J. Nikodem, D.A. Sikorski, Warszawa.

1. Websites

In the case of reference to material of known authorship:

footnote: Viačorka 2020.
bibliography: Viačorka F., Belarus Crackdown’s Next Victim: Its Booming IT Sector, 2.09.2020, https://www.politico.eu/article/belarus-crackdown-it-sector/ (access: 28.03.2021).

When the author of the material is unknown/it is a collective work/database:

footnote: Ziemie polskie Korony.
bibliography: Ziemie polskie Korony w XVI w. Przestrzenna baza danych, Instytut Historii PAN im. Tadeusza Manteuffla, https://atlasfontium.pl (access: 2.03.2022).

- Successive publications by the same author published in the same year are marked with subsequent letters of the alphabet after the year of publication, e.g.: Wyczański 1976a; Wyczański 1976b.