Writing Rules

Writing Rules

• The Legends Journal of European History Studies is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes academic articles based on scientific research. It is published once a year.
• Each issue of the journal, which will be published once a year, in September, contains at least 5 and at most 10 articles.
• Articles written in German, French, English, Italian, Russian and Turkish languages ​​are published in the journal.
• The entire process regarding the submitted articles is tracked through the Article Tracking System on our homepage.
• The article should be written according to the spelling rules stated below. Articles that do not comply with the spelling rules will not be evaluated.
• The author's name or institution information should not be included in the article. Due to the Blind Referee System, this issue should be paid attention to.
• The articles to be sent should be prepared in the current versions of the Microsoft Word program. Images and graphics used in the text should be able to be opened on computers using Windows operating system.
• All submitted articles must have a Turkish and English title, a Turkish Abstract of 100-250 words, and an English ABSTRACT. A sufficient number of (at least 3 and at most 5) keywords describing the article should be specified under the abstract. If the article is written in another language, Turkish and English translations of the title and the abstract should also be given. Abstracts in Turkish and English should cover the purpose, method and outcome of the study.
• All texts in the articles to be sent should be written in “Times News Roman” font. The title of the article should be in capital letters, bold, centered and 12 points. In articles, the value between paragraphs should be 3 pt first and then 3 pt.
• The ABSTRACT and ABSTRACT parts of the articles should be written in “Times News Roman” font, 10 points including the title, and single-spaced.
• The main text should be written in “Times News Roman” font, 12 pt including the headings, and the lines should be single-spaced. The text should include the introduction, research text, findings, comments, conclusions and recommendations within a certain plan. Manuscripts submitted for publication must conform to the Chicago style (Notes and Bibliography). Detailed information is available in the file named article template in the system. The following examples are available for heading levels:
First Level Heading (Centered, Bold, Capitalized First Letters of Words)
Second Level Heading (Left aligned, Bold, First Letter of Words Capitalized)
Third Level Heading (Left aligned, Bold, Italic, First Letter of Words)
Fourth Level Title. (Indented, Bold, First Letters of Words, Ends with Period).
Fifth Level Title. (Indented, Bold, Italic, First Letters of Words, Ends with Period).

• Footnotes should be placed at the bottom of the page and written in 9 font size and single line spacing.
• For page layout values, the formatting of the article template file should be applied.
• Tables or figures can be used in articles. It is recommended to briefly present the table before the tables. Tables should be numbered with the Add Caption option on the References tab in Microsoft Word. The number and name of the table should be given in a single line above the table, centered, with the first letter of each word capitalized, excluding the conjunctions. Table and Number should be Bold. For example Table 1. Table Title. Table titles and text size should be set to 10 points. The text in the table should be left aligned. Note just below the table. Necessary additional information and explanations should be given with the title.
• Figures (graphs, charts, maps, drawings, photographs, etc.) can be used in articles. Figures should be numbered with the Add Caption option on the References tab in Microsoft Word. The number and name of the figure should be given below the figure in a single line, centered, with the first letter of each word capitalized, excluding the conjunctions. Shape and Number should be Bold. For example Figure 1. Figure Title. Necessary additional information and explanations should be given with the title just below the figure.
• Authors' names should not appear in candidate articles.
• Chicago Style will be taken as reference for reference. In this regard, the following examples and article template should be examined.
• Footnotes in the articles sent to the journal should be given by giving the name of the author, the name of the work, the publisher, the place of publication, the date of publication, and the page number. (Ex. Pınar Ülgen, Kadınlar ve Cadılar, Yeditepe Yayınları, İstanbul  2018,p. 9.).
• Authors should give the information that they believe should not be directly related to the subject but should be included in the work, by giving a sequence number to the upper right corner of the relevant word in the text, with the same number and 9 font size, 1 line spacing, as a footnote.
• Titles for Tables, Figures and Graphs in case of a lot of indicators other than normal text such as Tables, Figures and Graphs; It should be written as APPENDIX Table 1, APPENDIX Graph 3 and APPENDIX Figure 7, ANNEXES should be given after REFERENCES at the end of the text. References to these indicators in the text must be made in the form of APPENDIX Table 1, APPENDIX Graph 3 or Supplementary Figure 7. If citations are made for tables, figures, graphics and pictures, the source must be specified. The titles of the annexes in question should be 11 points, the first letters of the words should be capitalized and bold.
• All sources used in the articles sent to the journal are given at the end of the publication under the title of “References”, in alphabetical order according to the surname of the author, in accordance with Chicago rules. References should be written in "Times News Roman" font, 11 font size, single-spaced and hanging.
• Some examples of citation and bibliography are given below:

Principles of Quotation and Referencing

Book, written by a single author

Footnote: Heinrich Fichtenau, The Carolingian Empire the Age of Charlemagne, Trans. Peter Munz, Harper Torchbook, New York 1964, p.16.

Bibliography: FICHTENAU, Heinrich, The Carolingian Empire the Age of Charlemagne, Trans. Peter Munz, Harper Torchbook, New York 1964.

Book, written by two-three authors

Footnote: Kristen Mossler Figg- John Block Friedman, Arts and Humanities Through The Eras: Medieval Europe (814–1450), Ed. Danielle Behr, Pamela A. Dear, Rachel J. Kain vd., Thomson Gale, America 2005, p.14.

Bibliography: FIGG, Kristen Mossler - John Block Friedman, Arts and Humanities Through The Eras: Medieval Europe (814–1450), Ed. Danielle Behr, Pamela A. Dear, Rachel J. Kain vd., Thomson Gale, America 2005.

Articles from Journal

Footnote: Jennifer P. Kingsley," To Touch the Image: Embodying Christ in the Bernward Gospel"”, Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture, Vol.3, Issue.1, 2010, p.138.

Bibliography: KINGSLEY, Jennifer P.," To Touch the Image: Embodying Christ in the Bernward Gospel"”, Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture, Vol.3, Issue.1, 2010, pp: 138-173.

Encyclopedia

Footnote: G.Cyprian Alston,"“Clun"”, The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. IV, The Encyclopedia Press, New York 1913, p.73.

Bibliography: ALSTON, G.Cyprian,"“Clun"”, The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. IV, The Encyclopedia Press, New York 1913, pp:73-74.

Same source that is used for second time;Author'ss Name Surname, Title of the work / article, page no.

Sample;

Book: Heinrich Fichtenau, The Carolingian Empire the Age of Charlemagne, p.16.

Article: Jennifer P. Kingsley," To Touch the Image: Embodying Christ in the Bernward Gospel"”, p.138.

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