Bernd Fuhrmann

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Bernd Fuhrmann (born November 3, 1960 in Frankfurt am Main ; † January 8, 2020 ) was a German historian and professor for medieval and early modern history at the University of Siegen and dealt with social and economic history.

Fuhrmann received his doctorate in 1995 from the University of Siegen under Ulf Dirlmeier (The budget of the city of Marburg in the late Middle Ages and early modern times) . In 2002 he completed his habilitation in Siegen through Konrad von Weinsberg . Until his death he was an adjunct professor at the University of Siegen.

Fuhrmann dealt with economic and social history in the Middle Ages and the early modern period, especially in cities (credit, wages, housing, taxes, alms and social benefits, city budgets, etc.) and wrote books about the city in the Middle Ages. He is co-author of the volume Europe in the Middle Ages in the Oldenbourg Outlines of History series .

Fonts (selection)

  • The budget of the city of Marburg in the late Middle Ages and early modern times, material tradition and history (=  Siegen treatises on the development of material culture , 19). Scripta Mercaturae, St. Katharinen 1996.
  • Official accounts of the diocese of Basel in the late Middle Ages - the years 1470–1472 / 73 (=  Siegen treatises on the development of material culture , 24). Scripta Mercaturae, St. Katharinen 1998.
  • with Ulf Dirlmeier , Gerhard Fouquet : Europe in the late Middle Ages 1215–1378. (= Oldenbourg floor plan of history , volume 8), Oldenbourg, Munich 2003 / 2nd edition 2009.
  • “Public” credit system in German cities of the 15th and 16th centuries. In: Scripta Mercaturae , Volume 37, 2003, pp. 1-17.
  • Konrad von Weinsberg - a noble oikos between territory and empire. (= Quarterly for social and economic history , supplements 171). Steiner, Stuttgart 2004.
  • Wages and financial circumstances of Upper German builders (15th - 16th centuries). In: L'Edilizia prima della Rivoluzione Industriale, Secc. XIII – XVIII, Building in Europe before the Industrial Revolution (13th – 18th Century) (=  Istituto Internazionale di Storia Economica “F. Datini” , Series II, 36). Florence 2005, pp. 833-859.
  • Life in the high medieval city. In: Society for Staufer History (ed.): Everyday life in the Middle Ages. Göppingen 2005, pp. 37-58.
  • The city in the Middle Ages. Theiss, Stuttgart 2006.
  • Subservience in 15th century Hohenlohe cities. In: Württembergisch Franken , Volume 90, 2006, pp. 11–24.
  • The municipal credit system in Nuremberg. In: Harm von Seggern (ed.): Urban finance at the transition from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2007, pp. 139–168.
  • with Wencke Meteling, Barbara Rajkay, Matthias Weipert: History of living. From the Middle Ages to today. Scientific Book Society, 2008 / Primus, Darmstadt 2007.
  • With hard cash. Trade in the Middle Ages. Scientific Book Society, 2011 / Primus, Darmstadt 2011.
  • Behind solid walls. Europe's cities in the Middle Ages. Primus, 2011 / Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2014.
  • Germany in the Middle Ages. Economy - society - environment. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2017.

With Ulf Dirlmeier he wrote the articles tropical fruits and cattle trade in the Lexicon of the Middle Ages , and he wrote the article Siegen .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Date of birth according to Kürschner, Deutscher Schehrtenkalender , 2009.
  2. ↑ Obituary of the University of Siegen (accessed on March 24, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Fuhrmann, Bernd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 2020