No. 5 (2008): Medievalista

The online journal of the Institute for Medieval Studies of Universidade Nova de Lisboa was one of the first Portuguese periodicals in the area of History to be online-only. This is understandable. On the one hand, scientific research on the medieval period requires a degree of specialization that reduces both its authors and its audience. If the journal were printed, sales could not be expected to pay the costs of publication and dissemination. It is therefore a tool produced by a few and aimed at a small audience. The internet solves the resulting difficulty well: it becomes accessible to all interested parties and its production can be almost artisanal.