Arnulf Krause

Arnulf Krause (born November 27, 1955 in Zell im Wiesental , Baden-Württemberg ) is a German Germanic and Scandinavian medievalist and non-fiction author.

Krause studied at the University of Bonn , where he received his doctorate in 1989. He is honorary professor for older Scandinavian language and literature and a lecturer at the Institute for German Studies, Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Bonn.

Arnulf Krause is a specialist in Germanic heroic sagas and Edda poetry . He has authored several non-fiction books on the Germanic tribes, the Celts and the Vikings and is particularly concerned with the myths of these peoples.

Publications

Monographs

• The poetry of Eyvindr Skáldaspillir. Literaturverlag Norden Rheinhardt, Leverkusen 1990, ISBN 3-927153-21-4 (= dissertation).
• The history of the Germanic peoples. Campus, Frankfurt / Main 2002, ISBN 3-593-36885-4 .
• The world of the Celts. History and myth of an enigmatic people. Campus, Frankfurt / Main 2004, ISBN 3-593-37311-4 .
• The world of the Vikings. Campus, Frankfurt / Main 2006, ISBN 3-593-37783-7 .
• Europe in the Middle Ages. How the time of the crusades shaped our modern society. Campus, Frankfurt / Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-593-38507-5 .
• Of gods and heroes. The mythical world of the Celts, Teutons and Vikings. Theiss, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-8062-2163-3 .
• Lexicon of Germanic mythology and heroic saga. Reclam, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-15-010778-2 .
• The real Middle-earth. Tolkien's mythology and its roots in the Middle Ages. Theiss, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-8062-2478-8 .
• The struggle for freedom. The Napoleonic Wars of Freedom in Germany . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Darmstadt 2013, ISBN 978-3-8062-2498-6 .
• Runes. History - use - meaning. Marix Verlag, Wiesbaden 2017, ISBN 978-3-7374-1056-4

Translations

• The Edda of Snorri Sturluson. Selected, translated and commented by Arnulf Krause. Reclam, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-15-000782-8 .
• The Hero Songs of the Elder Edda. Translated, commented on and edited by Arnulf Krause. Reclam, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-15-018142-9 .
• The songs of gods and heroes of the older Edda. Translated, commented on and edited by Arnulf Krause. Reclam, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-15-050047-8 .
• The songs of the gods of the Elder Edda. Translated, commented on and edited by Arnulf Krause. Reclam, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-15-018426-6 .
• The wisdom of the Vikings. Insel-Verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-458-35741-4 .

literature

• Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 2012. (24th edition). De Gruyter, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-023525-8 . (Humanities and Social Sciences)

Web links

• Arnulf Krause's website at germanistik.uni-bonn.de (with photo)
• Publications by Arnulf Krause in the OPAC of the Regesta Imperii
• Publications by Arnulf Krause on germanistik.uni-bonn.de
• Interview of the "Free Press" with Arnulf Krause: The Poetry of the North . on germanistik.uni-bonn.de
• Bjarne Fidjestøl: Review of Arnulf Krause: The poetry of Eyvindr skáldaspillir . In: alvíssmál 3 (1994) pp. 97-99. on userpage.fu-berlin.de (PDF; 136 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Arnulf Krause on perlentaucher.de, accessed on April 3, 2013.