''Mediaeval and Renaissance Studies'' was a periodical of the

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that was published between 1941 and 1968. It was conceived as a companion to the ''

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'', with each edition including a number of short specialist studies of an aspect of Medieval or Renaissance thought.

Publication history

The first edition was edited by Richard Hunt of the

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and

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. Production was hindered by war-time conditions. The first issue had been almost completely set in type at the St Catherine's Press in

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when the Germans invaded Belgium, meaning that printing had to be moved to England. After it had been published for several years, ''Mediaeval and Renaissance Studies'' changed from a periodical to a serial. It ceased publication completely in 1968.British Library. 7 October 2015. Indexes of contributors were published in the ''

''.

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* Print: Academic journals established in 1941 Warburg Institute Publications disestablished in 1968 {{history-journal-stub