Continuity and Change aims to define a field of historical sociology concerned with long-term continuities and discontinuities in the structures of past societies. The journal encourages articles whose agenda or methodology combines elements from a range of fields such as history, sociology, law, demography, economics or anthropology, or ranges freely between them. As a result, there is considerable scope for authors to explore ideas and issues that traverse traditional disciplinary boundaries in their examination of past societies. The Journal also has a strong commitment to comparative studies over a broad range of cultures and time spans. Although case studies and articles of shorter chronological coverage will always have a home in the Journal, this breadth enables authors to explore topics across geographical regions or to break down period boundaries should they wish. 

Continuity and Change is therefore one of the foremost journals for the study of a range of historic topics, including, but not limited to: mortality patterns, family and the household, gender and authority, the life cycle, occupational structure, crime and the law, property rights, and social hierarchy. The journal has an especially strong heritage of publishing European and global studies, whose authors may not traditionally publish in English. At Continuity and Change, we are also especially aware of the difficulties of entering academic publishing for early career scholars and so provide additional support for authors who may be publishing their work for the first time, and we are creating an essay prize for early career scholars. As a result, the journal is home to scholars at every stage of their career, from the most distinguished emeritus professors to the scholars of tomorrow.