Author Guidelines

The article must include an abstract in English according to the template on the journal's website, as well as footnotes and bibliography.

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Editorial instructions
Formatting:
– Font, margins, spaces, footnote formatting:
– font: 12 points, Times New Roman, you can use bold letters and italics, but do not use underlines
– font in the case of quotes from literature or sources in separate paragraphs: 10 points, Times New Roman
– 1.5 line spacing
–  2.5 cm margins
– footnotes text: 10 points, Times New Roman
– footnotes should be unified throughout the whole paper
– do not: leave blank lines, divide words, use special formatting

General instructions: text and footnotes
• Please provide before the title of the article the name of the author(s) and the represented institution (e.g. Jan Kowalski (University of Warsaw, University Archives).
• Abbreviations should not be used in the title, they should be spelled out (also when they are used in te text for the first time). It can be indicated in th footnote that the abbreviation will be used in further text.
• Article can be divided into chapters and subsections. It is advisable to number the chapters (1.) and subsections (1.1.), as well as any subsequent parts (1.1.1.; 1.1.1.1. etc.).
• Quotes from sources and literature - in quotation marks (font 12) or, in case of longer fragments, without quotation marks but in separate paragraphs (font 10) with widened margins (3 cm spacing).
• Expressions (e.g. ad hoc) - in italics, without quotation marks.
• Period is always obligatory at the end - after quotation mark and footnote number (exceptions: characters ! ? in the quoted text, which should be put before the end of the quotation mark, in this case the period is no longer necessary).
• Dates and double names - no spaces between the hyphen or dash (Nowak-Kowalska, 1546–1563, not: Nowak – Kowalska, 1546 – 1563).
• Dates should have the following format: 4 May 1852.
• Title of books, sources, works cited (also in the case of collective works, except for magazines) should be written in italics (in the text and footnotes, bibliography).
• Titles of magazines should be marked with quotation marks (without italics).
• Numbers should be spelled out up to eleven, while from 12 they should be written using numerals (eleven, 12). Numbers: 1,000, 10,000, 100,000, 1,000,000.
Footnotes
• Footnotes should be generated automatically in the text editor (“references”, “insert footnote” – shortcut: alt + J).
• In the text, the footnote number should always be before the period or comma.
• When citing the work for the first time, a full bibliographical record should be given (see examples at the end of this guide), names of authors in the form of initials (if there are several names, e.g. K.J.A. Neumann with space in between). When quoting again - shortened form (initial of the name, then surname and first words of the title). We do not use op.cit., however we willingly use ibid! When the author repeats: idem.
• The names of co-authors and co-editors should be separated by a comma.
• We provide places of publication of the work, without the publishing house.
• Works published in magazines: without "[in:]"; works published in collective works including "[in:]".
• Documents and texts from the internet should be cited in accordance with the general principles. In addition, it is necessary to provide the information: "available at: (enter website address here) (visited at 05.05.2010)".
Sources:
Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz (weiter: GStA PK), Rep.76 Va Sekt.11 Tit.V No 1 Bd IX.
Archives of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Akten der Reichsuniversität Posen, Ref. No. 143/73: Bericht von Hans Streit an den Reichsbildungsminister vom 6.01.1940.
State Archives in Olsztyn, etc.
Editions:
Burchard von Ursperg, Chronicon, ad a. 1227, ed. by O. Holder-Egger, B. v. Simson, (Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores rerum Germanicarum, Lipsiae 1916), p. 124.
Simon Grunau's Preussische Chronik, hg. v. M. Perlbach, (Die preussischen Geschichtsschreiber des XVI. und XVII. Jahrhunderts 1, 1876), pp. 1–755.
Jacob Lubbe's Familienchronik, hg. v. Th. Hirsch, [in:] Scriptores rerum Prussicarum. Die Geschichtsquellen der preussischen Vorzeit bis zum Untergange der Ordensherrschaft, hg. v. Th . Hirsch, M. Töppen, E. Strehlke, 4 (1870), pp. 692–724.
Catalogus abbatum Saganensium, hg. v. G. A. Stenzel, (Scriptores rerum Silesiacarum t. I, Braslau 1835).
Monographs:
J. Serczyk, Albertyna Uniwersytet w Królewcu (1544–1945), Warszawa 1994, p. 22.
Works in series, series:
W. Hubatsch, Die Albertus-Universität zu Königsberg i. Pr. in der deutschen Geistesgeschichte 1544–1944, [in:] Deutsche Universitäten und Hochschulen im Osten, hg. v. W. Hubatsch (et al.), Hamburg 1964), p. 1.
W. Mrozowicz, Die polnische Universitätsbibliothek Breslau. Eine Übersicht, [in:] Die Stadtbibliothek Breslau im Spiegel der Erinnerung. Geschichte – Bestände – Forschungsstätte, red. A. Rüffler (Quellen und Darstellungen zur schlesischen Geschichte 28, 1997), pp. 174–184.
Articles in journals:
F. E. W. Zschaler, Katholische Universitäten in Kirche und Welt. Vielfalt eines universellen Konzepts, "Jahrbuch für Universitätsgeschichte", 11 (2008), pp. 17–39.
J. Baumgart, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka pod rządami "Reichsuniversität", "Przegląd Zachodni", 12 (1956), No 1-2, pp. 300–310; idem, Los bibliotek wielkopolskich w latach 1939–1945, "Przegląd Zachodni", 11 (1946), pp. 928–936.
H. Lönnecker, Deutsche studentische Zusammenschlüsse in Ostmitteleuropa zwischen 1800 und 1920. Grundlagen – Quellen – Forschungen – Literatur, "Berichte und Forschungen", 17 (2009), pp. 185–214.
M. Biskup, Średniowieczna sieć klasztorów w państwie zakonu krzyżackiego w Prusach (do 1525 roku), "Zapiski Historyczne", 64 (1999), No 1, pp. 35–61, see p. 42.
Dictionaries: Z. Zielińska, Poniatowski Kazimierz (1721-1800), sub-chamber of the Crown, [in:] Polish Biographical Dictionary (hereinafter: PSB) vol. XXV, Wrocław 1999, pp. 444–453.
Article in a collective work:
C. Łuczak, Uniwersytet Poznański w latach okupacji, [in:] Dzieje Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza 1919–1969, ed. Z. Grot, Poznań 1972, p. 303 et seq.
H. Duczkowska-Moraczewska, B. Kierzkowska, Sześćdziesiąt lat Archiwum Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, [in:] Jubileusz 60.lecia Archiwum UMK w Toruniu, ed. K. Stryjkowski, Toruń 2009, pp. 11–44.
Documents and articles available on the Internet:
M. Morkramer, Die preußischen Schulprogramme und ihre Circularverfügungen Quellen aus dem Schularchiv des Ostendorf-Gymnasiums in Lippstadt, dostępny w: http://www.fachportal-paedagogik.de/hbo/hbo_set.html?Id=497 (accessed 5 May 2010).
Brief bibliographic record:
M Biskup, Średniowieczna sieć, p. 42; idem, Die herrschaftlichen Umzüge in Ordensland Preussen in den Jahren 1516 und 1518, "Jahrbuch für die Geschichte Mittel- und Ostdeutschlands", 46 (2000), pp. 113–138.
A. Duczkowska-Moraczewska, M. Kierzkowska, Sześćdziesiąt lat, p. 30.

Bibliography should be placed at the end of the article.

The text should be provided with an abstract according to the following formula:

Authors: Ratajczak Krzysztof
Title: APOSTOLIC LEGATES IN POLAND IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND THEIR KEY ROLE IN THE ADOPTION OF ECCLESIASTICAL LAW AND CHURCH LEGISLATION BY THE POLISH CHURCH – EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS (Legaci apostolscy w Polsce w wiekach średnich i ich rola przyjmowaniu partykularnego ustawodawstwa kościelnego przez Kościół polski – aspekty edukacyjne)
Source: Biuletyn Historii Wychowania (Bulletin of the History of Education)
year: 2010, number: (26), pages: 7–17
Keywords: LEGISLATION, ECCLESIASTICAL LAW, EDUCATION, MIDDLE AGES, CHURCH IN POLAND
Discipline: HISTORY, HISTORY OF EDUCATION
Language: POLISH
Document type: ARTICLE
Publication order reference (First author’s office address): Krzysztof Ratajczak, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza, Wydział Studiów Edukacyjnych, ul. A. Szamarzewskiego 89, 60-568 Poznań, Poland
E-mail: tangram@amu.edu.pl
Abstract
The official reception of the conciliar legislation in medieval Poland was greatly influenced by the papal legates, ambassadors endowed with papal authority, who brought conciliar canons to the country ruled at the time by the Piasts and made them public at councils convened with the participation of papal legates, closely monitored the observance of Canon Law and its scope expansion, concurred statutes of Polish provincial and diocesan councils, approved or rejected nominations of bishops, etc. They also acted as intermediaries in personal interventions of popes in their involvement in the functioning of the Church in Poland. Their duties also included inspections in dioceses.
Visits of papal legates in Poland were relatively frequent and their main goal was to enforce and implement ecclesiastical reforms in the country. In some instances, a strict relationship between a stay of a papal representative in Poland and the process of the creation and spread of schools is clearly observable. The article examines source accounts concerning the visits of papal legates in Poland, as well as analyses the available statues of legate councils in terms of the provisions included in them regarding education of representatives of the clergy and laymen alike.

The tools for creating footnotes and detailed bibliography are helpful in preparing a scientific publication. Authors can use paid programs (e.g. RefWorks, EndNote Desktop, Citavi, Papers) publicly available free tools (e.g. Mendeley, EndNote Basic, Zotero)

► Mendeley - http://mendeley.com

Mendeley is Elsevier's programme for researchers that supports bibliography management. It facilitates gathering sources of information that interest us, organizing them, citing, as well as sharing them with other researchers. It is characterized by intuitiveness and clear interface (available only in English).

This programme gives you the opportunity to work on two versions: desktop and web (it allows you to store and synchronize documents between several computers and via a private online account).  Thanks to the automatic detection of metadata, it enables downloading and collecting records to be cited in the article and files in many formats (including PDFs) from databases (e.g. from PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus, from the multi-search engine) and from the Internet. It allows you to automatically generate a document database from the specified directory on the disk and to manually add records, it also allows you to create folders, subfolders, groups, and add tags. It works with text editors and allows you to automatically create footnotes and detailed bibliography in the text and gives you the opportunity to use a variety of bibliographic styles (including the Polish ones). It also allows you to share collected descriptions with other scientists and to work in groups.

► EndNote Basic - entry on the Web of Science platform

 EndNote Basic is an online programme made available on the Web of Science platform (select EndNote from the top menu bar of the platform's start page). It is used to collect bibliographic descriptions and create, based on them, footnotes and detailed bibliography, for example for the purposes of preparing a scientific publication.

The programme allows you to search databases and catalogues online, transfer selected bibliographic descriptions to your folders created in the program by manually entering descriptions (useful for items that do not appear in bibliographic databases). It allows direct import from browsed databases, because most databases and scientific search engines, e.g. Google Scholar has an automatic export function, as well as from a computer disk (text files with the extension .txt). It allows you to automatically create footnotes and detailed bibliography in the Microsoft Word editor and gives you the opportunity to choose the appropriate format of the bibliographic description (in the public version it is limited to only a few basic formats). This programme allows you to share your bibliographic data with other people.