Author Guidelines

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RULES FOR PREPARING MANUSCRIPTS FOR SUBMISSION

1. The Editorial Board reserves the right to proofread the manuscripts for their adherence to the following rules before starting the review process.
2. The manuscripts are to be sent to the Editorial Board in a text file (.doc, .docx)

The text is to be formatted in the following way:

2. a) Times New Roman font, size 12, in footnotes - size 10,
   b) margins 2.5cm,
   c) line spacing 1.5,
   d) justified text (aligned equally along the left and right margins)
   e) pages enumerated in the top right corner in Arabic numeration
   f) black font
   g) spacing between characters - standard, paragraphs - indented 1.25cm

3. The article length should not exceed one publishing unit (about 40 000 signs with spaces). In case of longer texts please contact adrian.szopa@uken.krakow.pl

4. The text should include:
5. a) abstract in English and Polish consisting of 800–1200 characters with spaces;
   b) title and 3–7 keywords in English;
   c) current address for correspondence, phone number and e-mail address, as well as author’s affiliation.

5. Editing guidelines

Footnotes

1. a) footnotes (not endnotes) with continuous numeration are to be used throughout the text;
   
   
2. b) sources and literature used in the text should appear in footnotes according to the pattern presented below: the first name initial and full surname of the author, title [italics], publishing house, place of publication, year of publication and page numbers, e.g.:
3. D. Lee, War in Late Antiquity. A Social History, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford 2007, p. 24.
4. c) Please do not use op. cit. when re-quoting; instead: the first name initial and full surname of the author, title [italic] with "..." and page numbers. Latin phrases and abbreviations are to be used in the footnotes: ibidem, idem., eadem, e.g.:
5. D. Lee, War in Late Antiquity..., Oxford 2007, p. 154-159.
   Ibidem, p. 163.
   Av. Cameron, The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity AD 395-600, Routledge, London 1993, p. 43.
   Eadem, p. 45.
6. d) footnotes referring to unpublished archival sources should include the name of the archive, name of the archival collection, reference number, document title, everything in simplified form, e.g.: Archiwum Narodowe w Krakowie, Okręgowy Urząd Górniczy w Krakowie, ref no. 29/300/1, document title.
7. e) a chapter in a monograph of the same author should appear in footnotes according to the pattern presented below: the first name initial and full surname of the author, title of the chapter [italics], [in:], title of the book [italic] publishing house, place of publication, page numbers, e.g.:
8. D. Lee, The Infrastructure of War, [in:] War in Late Antiquity. A SocialHistory, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford 2007, p. 85.
9. f) an edited volume should appear in footnotes according to the pattern presented below: title [italic], the first name initial and full surname of editor(s), publishing house, place of publication, page numbers, e. g.:

A Companion to Late Antiquity, ed. Philip Rousseau, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford 2012, p. 45.

1. g) a chapter in an edited volume should appear in footnotes according to the pattern presented below: an initial of the name and full surname, title of the chapter [italics], [in:], the title of the collective publication, the first name initial and full surname of editor(s), publishing house, place of publication, page numbers, e.g.:
2. Cook, Syria and the Arabs, [in:] A Companion to Late Antiquity, ed. Philip Rousseau, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford 2012, pp. 467-478.
3. h) an article in a printed journal should appear in footnotes according to the pattern presented below: the first name initial and full surname of the author, title [italics], name of the journal in quotes, year, number of the volume (number if necessary), page numbers, e.g.:
4. Goffart, The Technique of Barbarian Settlement in the Fifth Century: A Personal, Streamlined Account with Ten Additional Comments, "Journal of Late Antiquity", vol. 3, 1, 2010, pp. 65-98.
5. i) an article from the Internet should appear in footnotes according to the pattern presented below: the first name initial and full surname of the author, title [italics], url, acces date in parentheses
6. Domaradzki, Władcy elektryczności – Tesla kontra Edison, http://www.forbes.pl/wladcy-elektrycznosci-tesla-kontra-edison,artykuly,209537,1,1.h (access: 2.01.2017).

Bibliography

A list of sources and literature with full bibliographical records should be included at the end of the text in the same file, each item written according to the same pattern as it was in the footnotes, with one difference: the author's surname should be placed before the first name.

For archival sources include only the name(s) of the archive(s) and the name(s) of archival collection(s).

Elements of the main text

1. a) quotes:
   - sources are to be quoted already translated, and the original needs to be included in a corresponding footnote,
   - should be put in quotation marks (“”)
   - quotes are to be placed within the main text,
   - no ellipsis should be placed before a quotation,
   - omissions in the quote should be marked with an ellipsis in square brackets [...],
   - should the need arise to include a missing word, a phrase equivalent etc., they should be added in square brackets,
   - in case of a typographic distinction, its author needs to be pointed out in italics,
   - in case of nested quotes (quotes within quotes) French quotation marks are to be used « » for the lower grade quote,
   b) names, surnames and other expressions identifying persons:
   - the names and surnames needs to be written in the language of the persons’ origins; using the Polish form of names, surnames, or descriptions of persons is permitted in case of: rulers, saints, Polonized foreigners, or people widely known in Poland
   - the first names of figures mentioned for the first time in the main text or in a footnote are to be initialed, with the surname fully spelled out, later on in only surnames should be used,
   c) abbreviations, dates and other expressions of time, numerals:
   - use numbers with the following abbreviations when needed: ths., mln, bln - 2 ths., 5 mln, 10 bln,
   - commonly accepted abbreviations can be used: etc., inter allia, but consequently throughout the text; if the abbreviations used are unclear or can raise doubts, they need to be explained after their first use in a footnote, and if their understanding requires special knowledge - in the main text,
   - when using different calendar styles, both dates need to be given,
   - the month always needs to be written in words, e.g. in March 1953
   - if only a century or year is given, both full writing (in 20th century, in the year 1953) and abbreviated writing can be used (in the 20th century, in 1953),
   - in expressions like “in the second half of the twentieth century” or “in the fifties” no numbers are to be included.
   d) Charts and tables:
   - charts and tables included in articles should be pasted in the text file where they should appear in the publication,
   - numbers and titles are to be placed above the chart or table, the source beneath the table, in simple writing, in the Times New Roman font, size 10,
   e) illustrations (only in black and white):
   - drawings, photographs, photocopies, maps, charts, structural formulas should be delivered in the form of graphic files (min. 600dpi), in the running text with an indication where they are to be placed,
   - all illustrations need to include the author’s name, source, and copyright status (the description should be in simple writing, Times New Roman, size 10)
   f) distinctions in the text:
   - only distinctions for titles brought up in the main text of the publishing, for foreign language expressions, all in italics are to be used in the base text.

Submission
To submit manuscripts electronically, please log in on our website: https://resgestae.uken.krakow.pl/. We do not accept e-mail submissions.