Franz Metzger (historian)

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Franz Metzger (born July 28, 1948 in Nuremberg ) is a German historian and publicist .

After graduating from the Willstätter Gymnasium in Nuremberg, he studied history as well as art history , English and American studies at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen . The postgraduate studies took place under Kurt Kluxen and Geoffrey Elton . Franz Metzger was doing research in London and Cambridge. In 1977 he wrote a dissertation on "The English Chancellery Court under Cardinal Wolsey 1515-1529". In 1977/78 he worked as a press officer for the Catholic City Church in Nuremberg.

In 1979 he developed and founded the general-interest magazine G / Geschichte (at that time still under the name affix "with a whistle") for the Johann Michael Sailer Verlag in Nuremberg. Until 2009 he was editor-in-chief of the magazine. Since then he has been its editor.

Publications (selection)

  • The last phase of Medieval Chancery . In: Alan Harding (Ed.): Law Making and Law Makers in British History. Papers Presented to the Edinburgh Legal History Conference, 1977 , Royal Historical Society, London, 1980, pp. 79-89.
  • with Wolfgang Mayer and Jürgen Wilhemi: Black-White-Red in Africa. The German colonies. Idea Verlag, Puchheim 1987, ISBN 978-3-887-93105-6 .
  • with Hans Simons and Karin Feuerstein-Praßer: prayers, builders, pioneers. Religious life and the great monasteries in the West. Echter, Würzburg 2001, ISBN 978-3-429-02325-6 .
  • with Karin Feuerstein-Praßer: The history of religious life. From the beginnings till now. Herder, Freiburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-451-29093-0 .
  • Editor Zipp und zu! 50 inventions that really changed our lives. Theiss, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-806-22165-7 .
  • Editor and co-author The Riddles of German History. Theiss, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-806-22603-4 .
  • A short history of Middle Franconia. Pustet, Regensburg, 2020. ISBN 978-3-791-73171-1 .

Stage plays

  • The most memorable adventures of the noble robber captain Rinaldo Rinaldini. 1986
  • Sherry for Two . 2013

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The English Chancellery under Cardinal Wolsey 1515–1529. Website of the University of Erlangen. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  2. ↑ G / Story No. 7, 2019, editorial.
  3. ↑ G / history , imprint.
  4. ^ The last phase of the medieval chancery , Academia, edu . Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  5. ^ Rinaldo Rinaldini premiere , on the website of the Schloss-Spiele Neumarkt .
  6. ^ The Gilbert & Sullivan Society Newsletter, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Metzger, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg