Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies Best Article Prize
Each year, the Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies and Routledge award a $500 prize for the most outstanding article published in JMIS in the preceding year. Prize winners are selected by a rotating committee made up of members of the journal's Advisory Board.
All articles published in JMIS are automatically considered for the prize in the following year, and the winner is made freely available.
Submissions must be prepared in Chicago 'humanities' style and should be approximately 10000-12000 words; articles of other lengths may be accepted at the discretion of the editors. Submissions are accepted in English or Spanish.
2022 JMIS Best Article Prize Winner: Maria Joana Gomes and Francesco Renzi, “Miro, King of the Suevi (d. 583), and ecclesiastical identities in northwestern Hispania (eleventh-twelfth centuries)”
The article, in considering how the concepts of identity and memory were articulated in medieval Iberia, admirably researches two completely different time periods. It is based on the portrayal King Miro of the Sueves (r. 570 - 583) made in the Historia Compostellana and the Cronicón Iriense. The authors carefully and precisely study how the figure of this sovereign served the interests of the diocese of Santiago de Compostela, which sought to establish its hierarchy within Hispania by appealing to the preeminence of the Suevi as representatives of the first Christian enclave in the Peninsula. Their excellent work of interpretation on the two sources is particularly noteworthy. These are not only framed in their contexts of production but also in their spheres of transmission, underlining the objectives pursued by the creators of such narratives when claiming the image of Miro. Likewise, the argumentative sequence developed in the article is very relevant. This is a very well-researched article, with a neatly articulated structure and a solid and updated critical apparatus that provides an original look at the vast subject of the recovery of historical characters by the medieval narrative tradition.
2022 JMIS Honorable Mention: Helena Carvajal González, "Circulación y uso del grabado a fines de la Edad Media en los reinos hispánicos"
This excellent article assesses the value of the image as a disseminator of culture and beliefs in late medieval Spain by focusing on engravings (“estampas”). The importance of this study in an interdisciplinary journal is evident from the long-lasting impression it makes on the reader.
JMIS Best Article Prize 2022 Committee: Ariel Guiance, John Tolan, Iona McCleery (chair)