Peter Wirth (Byzantinist)
Peter Karl Friedrich Wirth (born March 2, 1930 in Munich ) is a German Byzantinist .
Life
Peter Wirth studied Byzantine Studies at the University of Munich and was established in 1960 with the dissertation studies the Byzantine rhetoric of the twelfth century: With special reference to the writings of Archbishop Eustathius of Thessalonica doctorate . He then worked until his retirement in 1995 as a research assistant (most recently in the rank of Academic Director) at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . Here he worked for the publication of the corpus of Greek documents of the Middle Ages and modern times .
In addition to central publications on the Byzantine regests and on Eustathios of Thessalonike (collected in Eustathiana , Amsterdam 1980), Wirth is particularly well known for his monograph Basics of Byzantine History (Darmstadt 1976. 2nd edition 1989. 3rd edition 1997. 4th unchanged edition 2006) , as editor of the Reallexikons der Byzantinistik (one volume in six issues, Amsterdam 1968–1972, afterwards publication ceased) as well as through numerous articles.
Fonts (selection)
- Studies on Byzantine rhetoric of the twelfth century . Munich 1960 (dissertation)
- Outlines of Byzantine History . Darmstadt 1976. 2nd, revised edition 1988. 3rd, bibliographically updated edition 1997. 4th, unchanged edition 2006
- Eustathiana. Collected essays on the life and work of Metropolitan Eustathios of Thessalonike . Amsterdam 1980
- Eustathii Thessalonicensis Opera minora, magnam partem inedita . Berlin / New York 2000. ISBN 3-11-014168-X
- Editing
- Regesta of the imperial documents of the Eastern Roman Empire. Part 5: Regesta from 1341-1453 . Munich 1965
- Polychronion. Festschrift Franz Dölger for his 75th birthday . Heidelberg 1966
- Real Lexicon of Byzantine Studies. With the support of numerous experts . Six books, Amsterdam 1968–1972
- with Adolf M. Hakkert: Zetemata Byzantina. Studies and lectures on Byzantine history . Amsterdam 1977ff.
- Regesta of the imperial documents of the Eastern Roman Empire. Part 3. Regesta from 1204–1282 . 2nd, expanded and improved edition, Munich 1977
- Regesta of the imperial documents of the Eastern Roman Empire. Part 2: Regesta from 1025–1204 . 2nd, expanded and improved edition, Munich 1995
literature
- Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar , 1992 edition, Volume 3, p. 4115.
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Wirth in the catalog of the German National Library
- Wirth, Peter . Publications in the bibliographic database of the Regesta Imperii .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wirth, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wirth, Peter Karl Friedrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Byzantinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |