Look at this article I found in Historical Abstracts, the main database for finding peer reviewed articles on European History.
Questions to consider:
Every peer reviewed article should have an author, title, publication date, topic, argument, sources, and historiographical argument [how it fits into the wider field]. You could summarize an article in 2 sentences if you wanted:
In the year article/book "Title," Author studies Topic, arguing Thesis. Using Sources/methodology, Author challenges existing literature by unique aspect of work.