Franz Egger (historian)

Franz Egger (* 1952 in Eggersriet ) is a Swiss historian .

Life

After attending the monastery school in Einsiedeln , Franz Egger studied history and art history at the University of Basel from 1972–1978 . In his licentiate thesis he dealt with the composition of the Small Council of Basel in the period 1660–1700. From 1978 to 1982 he worked as a research assistant at the Documents Diplomatiques Suisses at the Swiss Federal Archives in Bern and from 1985 to 1989 as an assistant at the history seminar at the University of Basel with Hans Rudolf Guggisberg . In 1987 he received his doctorate in Basel. phil. I. From 1989 until his retirement in 2015, he was curator of the historical-technological department at the Historisches Museum Basel . From 1992 to 1995 he was head of the Historical-Antiquarian Society of Basel.

His specialty lies in the late medieval and modern history of the city of Basel.

Fonts (selection)

Monographs

• Contributions to the history of the order of preachers. The reform of the Basel Convention in 1429 and the position of the Order at the Basel Council 1431–1448 , Bern 1991 (dissertation)
• The scepter of the University of Basel (Basler Kostbarkeiten, Vol. 13), Basel 1992.
• The Swiss dagger with the parable of the prodigal son (Basler Kostbarkeiten, Vol. 22), Basel 2001.
• Guilds and societies in Basel (Writings of the Historisches Museum Basel, vol. 15), Basel 2005.
• Basler Totentanz , Basel 1990 (2nd, extended edition 2009).
• The University of Basel. Main dates of its history 1460–2010 , Basel 2010.

Essays

• “That the almusen and the hospital are too dear to us, so jnsäß”. Basler Hintersassen in the 16th century , in: Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde , 91 (1991), pp. 39–57 ( digitized version )
• "Worthy of the joyous resurrection through Jesus Christ". The epitaph for Mayor Wettstein, in: Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde 98 (1998), pp. 49-65 ( digitized version )
• The calendar reform of 1582: the bone of contention of the denominations, in: Familienforschung Schweiz. Yearbook (2004) pp. 136–151.

Web links

• Franz Egger on the website of the Basel Historical Museum
• Publications by Franz Egger in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii