Thomas O'Loughlin

Brepols Publishers NV

Brepols Publishers is an international academic publisher of works in the humanities. The focus of its publications lies in "source-works"​ from Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period. By this is meant critical editions of original texts and documents in their original language, reference works such as encyclopaedias, handbooks and bibliographies, as well as monograph studies and cutting-edge research. Brepols Publishers'​ mission is to publish works with an outstanding academic reputation in the field of Europe's cultural roots and sphere of influence. Such publications fall mainly within the disciplines of history and archaeology, language and literature, music, art and architectural history. Fundamental series like the Corpus Christianorum and online databases like the Library of Latin Texts, as well as the co-operation with highly respected institutes like I.R.H.T. (Paris) and the Institute for Medieval Studies (Leeds), explain and testify why Brepols works are being used in every well-respected academic library all over the world. Harvey Miller Publishers (an imprint of Brepols) has established a reputation for the quality and authority of its scholarly monographs and catalogues raisonnés in the field of medieval, Renaissance and Baroque art. Besides publications under its own imprint Brepols distributes works from many world-class academic institutions. The mediums in which Brepols Publishers operates are the printed book (monographs, miscellanies and journals), microfiche, CD-ROM, online publishing (BREPOLiS) and online journals. Languages: English and French but also German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch (as well as old languages like Latin, Greek, Occitan etc.) Brepols Publishers has been founded in 1796 and is located in a 17th century building of the historic beguinage of Turnhout. Brepols Publishers has an editorial office for art history in Chicago (Harvey Miller / Brepols).