''Peritia'' is an annual peer-reviewed

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covering

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and Insular

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in the context of the European

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...

and European medieval studies in general. It is published by the Medieval Academy of Ireland.

History

Founded and edited by Donnchadh Ó Corráin of

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since the early 1980s until 2016, Ó Corráin passed on this role to Dáibhí Ó Cróinín (

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) and Elva Johnston (

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). Ó Cróinín's work had featured in the first edition. Patrick Wormald also noted two "firsts" in English language scholarship in his review of that edition: Jonas's great life of

Columbanus Columbanus ( ga, Columbán; 543 – 21 November 615) was an Irish missionary notable for founding a number of monasteries after 590 in the Frankish and Lombard kingdoms, most notably Luxeuil Abbey in present-day France and Bobbio Abbey i ...

being given its first "sustained treatment" in the language (by

Ian N. Wood Ian N. Wood, (born 1950) is an English scholar of early medieval history, and a professor at the University of Leeds who specializes in the history of the Merovingian dynasty and the missionary efforts on the European continent. Patrick J. Gea ...

) and a description of "the beginnings of hagiographical writing in

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". ''

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'' has credited the journal with featuring the work of scholars who might elsewhere have been neglected.

Publication history

The journal is published by

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. It has been available since the early 1980s.

Notes

References

{{Reflist 1980s establishments in Ireland Annual journals Celtic studies English-language journals European history journals Publications established in the 1980s Brepols academic journals