Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters (DA)

The journal of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Editors-in-chief:  Enno Bünz, Martina Hartmann, Claudia Märtl, and Stefan Petersen.

The „Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters“ (DA) publishes critical studies in preparation for and accompaning MGH editions and reports on the current state of international mediaeval research. The DA has been published by the MGH since 1937 (issue 1), initially in volumes 1 - 7 under the name „Deutsches Archiv für Geschichte des Mittelalters“. Since 1998 (issue 54), it was published by the publishing house Böhlau Verlag, since 2022 the DA is published by the publishing house Harrassowitz.  Each yearly volume contains two issues.

Due to the discontinuation of the "DigiZeitschriften" portal at the end of 2025, on which the DA and its predecessor journals were available online, the MGH is working intensively on the digital publication of its in-house journal. From mid-February 2026, the MGH is able to make all articles from the DA and NA available in digital form, fully searchable and open access (the digital publication of the Archiv der Gesellschaft für Ältere Deutsche Geschichtkunde will follow shortly; as of February 18, 2026).

Deutsches Archiv digital

With a moving wall of one year, all issues of the Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters are available on the website of the MGH in digital format.

Previous Journals of the MGH

Archiv der Gesellschaft für Ältere Deutsche Geschichtkunde vol. 1-12 (1820-1874, the digital publication will follow shortly; as of February 18, 2026)

Neues Archiv der Gesellschaft für Ältere Deutsche Geschichtskunde vol. 1-50 (1876-1935)

Deutsches Archiv für Geschichte des Mittelalters vol. 1-7 (1937-1944)

Book reviews in the Deutsches Archiv

Bookreviews that have been pubished in DA can be consulted online using the MGH OPAC under the title of the book. 

Note for publishers

Unsolicited review copies cannot be returned.