Peter Wende

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Peter Wende (born March 17, 1936 in Athens , † July 26, 2017 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German historian .

After graduating from high school in Lemgo in 1955 , he studied history, English and politics at the University of Hamburg , the University of Leicester and the University of Frankfurt am Main from 1955 to 1962 . In 1965 he was at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Frankfurt with a thesis on the spiritual states and their resolution in the judgment of contemporary journalism Dr. phil. PhD. In 1972 he completed his habilitation in Faculty 8 (History) with the work Radikalismus im Vormärz. Investigations into the political theory of early German democracy . His academic teacher was Otto Vossler . From 1972 to 1994 Wende was Professor of Modern German History at the University of Frankfurt am Main. From 1994 to 2000 he was director of the German Historical Institute in London (DHIL). There he initiated a major edition project on legation reports by British diplomats from the German states in the 19th century.

His main research interests were German and English history in modern times. The focus was on the times of upheaval. He dealt with the era of the French Revolution, radicalism in the Vormärz , the English revolutions of the 17th century, the relationship between reform and revolution, the revolutions in history from the early modern period to the present, and the rise and fall of the British Empire.

Fonts (selection)

Monographs

  • The spiritual states and their dissolution in the judgment of contemporary journalism (= historical studies. Vol. 396). Matthiesen, Lübeck et al. 1966.
  • Radicalism in the pre-March period. Studies on the political theory of early German democracy (= Frankfurt historical treatises. Vol. 11). Steiner, Wiesbaden 1975, ISBN 3-515-01994-4 .
  • Problems of the English Revolution. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1980, ISBN 3-534-07708-3 .
  • History of england. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart et al. 1985, ISBN 3-17-008990-0 .
  • Great Britain 1500–2000 (= Oldenbourg floor plan of history . Vol. 32). Oldenbourg, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-486-56180-4 .
  • A history of Germany (= Palgrave essential histories ). Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke et al. 2005, ISBN 0-333-68765-5 .
  • The British Empire. History of an empire. Beck, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-406-57073-5 .

Editorships

  • with Arnold Ruge : Patriotism (= collection insel . Vol. 38). Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1968.
  • England as a model for Europe. English constitutional, social and economic history 1688–1832 (= tenses: sources for history and politics ). Klett, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-12-490280-7 .
  • English kings and queens. From Heinrich VII. To Elisabeth II. Beck, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-406-43391-X .

literature

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Death notice of Prof. Dr. Peter Wende . Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  2. ^ Sabine Freitag, Peter Wende (ed.): British Envoys to Germany 1816–1829. Cambridge 2000; Markus Mößlang, Sabine Freitag, Peter Wende (eds.): British Envoys to Germany 1830–1847. Cambridge 2002.
  3. ↑ Peter Wende: Radicalism in the Vormärz. Investigations into the political theory of early German democracy. Wiesbaden 1975.
  4. ↑ Peter Wende: Problems of the English Revolution. Darmstadt 1980.
  5. ↑ TCW Blanning , Peter Wende (ed.): Reform in Great Britain and Germany, 1750-1850. Oxford 1999.
  6. ↑ Peter Wende (ed.): Great revolutions in history from the early days to the present. Munich 2000.
  7. ↑ Peter Wende: The British Empire. History of an empire. Munich 2008.
personal data
SURNAME Turn around, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Athens
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 2017
Place of death Frankfurt am Main