SELIM. Journal of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature

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Vol. 31 No. 1 (2026)
Published July 16, 2026

The Journal of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature (SELIM) publishes scholarly articles, notes, and book reviews in English that contribute to the advancement of Medieval English Studies. Once we have received your contribution, you may expect a decision from the referees in about eight weeks’ time.

SELIM also accepts proposals for thematic issues ("special issues") guest-edited by a specialist in a proposed topic. A thematic issue needs to include between a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 9 original articles from invited scholars. 

Articles

Geoffrey Russom
1-18
Dobbie’s Attitude toward Metrical Evidence in the ASPR Edition of Beowulf
https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.1-18
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Jun Terasawa
19-31
A Note on Beowulf 748b–49a
https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.19-31
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Andy Orchard
33-61
The Phoenix and the Rebirth of Old English Verse
https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.33-61
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Andrew Cooper
63-79
Metrical Revisions in the Ormulum Manuscript
https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.63-79
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Thijs Porck
81-113
An Enduring Enigma: Shedding Light on the Text of the Leiden Riddle, 1845–2025
https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.81-113
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Notes

Peter Lucas
115-22
An Overlooked Old English Verse Composition by Edward Thwaites (1671–1711) in Cædmonian Style
https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.115-22
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Reviews

Courtnay Konshuh
123-27
Anlezark, Daniel. 2025. Constructing the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles. Anglo-Saxon Studies 52. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer. Pp. x + 297. ISBN 9781843847489.
https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.123-27
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Curtis Runstedler
128-32
Atkinson, Laurie. 2024. Ideas of Authorship in the English and Scottish Dream Vision: Skelton, Dunbar, Hawes, Douglas. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer. Pp. v + 225. ISBN 9781843846925.
https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.128-32
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Kirsty Bolton
133-37
Bonsall, Jane. 2025. Women and Magic in Medieval Romance: Genre, Intertextuality and Power. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer. Pp. 246. ISBN 9781843846659.
https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.133-37
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Giuliano Marmora
138-41
Bowers, John M., and Peter Steffensen. 2024. Tolkien on Chaucer, 1913–1959. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. xii + 368. ISBN 9780192848888.
https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.138-41
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Omar Khalaf
142-46
Elias, Marcel. 2024. English Literature and the Crusades: Anxieties of Holy War, 1291–1453. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. x + 231. ISBN 9781108832212.
https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.142-46
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Richard Dance
147-52
Faulkner, Amy, and Francis Leneghan, eds. 2024. The Age of Alfred: Rethinking English Literary Culture c. 850–950. Studies in Old English Literature 3. Turnhout: Brepols. Pp. 598. ISBN 9782503606651.
https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.147-52
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Trinidad Guzmán González
153-59
Hary. 2023. La gesta de sir Guillermo Wallace. Traducción, introducción y notas de Fernando Toda Iglesia. Biblioteca Contemporánea 1. Málaga: UMA Editorial. Pp. 445. ISBN 9788413352633. / Barbour, John. 2024. La gesta de Roberto de Bruce. Traducción, introducción y notas de Fernando Toda Iglesia. Biblioteca Contemporánea 2. Málaga: UMA Editorial. Pp. 417. ISBN 9788413353821.
https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.153-59
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Andrew Breeze
160-63
Helbert, Daniel G. 2026. Arthur Between England and Wales: The Borderland, the Marches, and the Medieval Matter of Britain. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. Pp. x + 262. ISBN 9781836245148.
https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.160-63
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Alexandra Makin
164-67
Hyer, Maren Clegg. 2025. Textiles and Textile Imagery in Early Medieval English Literature: Traditions and Contexts. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer. Pp. x + 246. ISBN 9781843847441.
https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.164-67
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Tom Revell
168-74
Lorden, Jennifer A. 2025. Literary Form in Early Medieval England. Cambridge Elements: England in the Early Medieval World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 69. ISBN 9781009328616.
https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.168-74
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Carlotta Barranu
175-78
Milne, Krista A. 2025. The Destruction of Medieval Manuscripts in England: Institutional Collections. Oxford Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 311. ISBN 978019892022.
https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.175-78
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Anne Laskaya
179-88
Moghaddassi, Fanny. 2025. Space in Medieval Romance. Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. Pp. xv + 304. ISBN 9783031809521.
https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.179-88
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Sara Ennis
189-92
Oliver, José María. 2026. A History of English. Perspectives and Case Studies. La Plata: Editorial de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Pp. 105. ISBN 9786316568816.
https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.189-92
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Anthony Grant
193-98
Percillier, Michael, Yela Schauwecker, Achim Stein, and Carola Trips. 2024. Carrying Verbs Across the Channel: Modelling Change in Bilingual Medieval England. New Approaches to English Historical Linguistics. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. Pp. xxv + 305. ISBN 9783031508059.
https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.193-98
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Rafael J. Pascual
199-204
Porck, Thijs, Kees Dekker, and László Sándor Chardonnens, eds. 2025. Cultural Connections between the Continent and Early Medieval England: Philological Studies in Honour of Rolf H. Bremmer Jr. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer. Pp. xiii + 311. ISBN 9781843847526.
https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.199-204
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Megan Cavell
205-10
Salvador-Bello, Mercedes. 2024. The History of the Physiologus in Early Medieval England. Turnhout: Brepols. Pp. 453. ISBN 9782503598406.
https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.205-10
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Ana Sáez-Hidalgo
211-14
Windeatt, Barry. 2023. Oxford Guides to Chaucer. Troilus and Criseyde. 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 480. ISBN 9780198878810.
https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.211-14
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Laura Poggesi
215-17
Worcester, William. 2023. The Boke of Noblesse and the English Texts from its Codicil. Edited by Catherine Nall and Daniel Wakelin. Early English Text Society O.S. 362. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 350. ISBN 9780198894513.
https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.215-17
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The Journal of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature (SELIM) accepts contributions for its forthcoming issues on any aspect of Medieval English studies. In its new shape and editorial trend, the journal is eager to receive articles, notes, review articles and reviews on a wide range of medieval linguistic and literary topics. Once we have received the contributions, you may expect a decision from the referees in about eight weeks' time.