Heinrich Schäfer (historian)
Heinrich Schäfer (born April 25, 1794 in Schlitz (Vogelsbergkreis) , † July 2, 1869 in Gießen ) was a German historian, librarian, Romanist , Lusitanist and Hispanist .
life and work
Schäfer attended high school in Bad Hersfeld , studied theology in Gießen and became a private tutor in Darmstadt . From 1821 he was secretary, then librarian at the court library in Darmstadt.
From 1833 until his death, Schäfer was a full professor of history at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen (1864 also rector, from 1864 also director of the university library). Since 1856 he was a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .
Schäfer dedicated his scholarly life to the history of Portugal and Spain, to which he (after his own beginnings) had been encouraged by Jacob Grimm .
Works
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History of Portugal (General History of States. Dept. 1. History of the European States, edited by Arnold Heeren )
- 1. From the creation of the state to the extinction of the real Burgundian line in 1383 , Hamburg 1836
- 2. From the extinction of the real Burgundian line to the end of the Middle Ages , Hamburg 1839
- 3. From the accession of King Manuel to the unification of Portugal with Spain , Hamburg 1850
- 4. From the unification of Portugal with Spain to the deposition of King Alfonso VI. , Hamburg 1852
- 5. From the deposition of King Alfonso VI. until the outbreak of the revolution in 1820 , Gotha 1854 (with register)
- (French by Henri Soulange-Bodin) Histoire de Portugal, depuis sa séparation de la Castille jusqu'à nos jours , Paris (1840-) 1858 (in one volume); Histoire de Portugal d'après la grande histoire de Schaeffer continuée jusqu'à nos jours par M. Jules Lacroix de Marlès , Tours 1867 (short version)
- (Portuguese from the French by Joseph Lourenço Domingues de Mendonça) Historia de Portugal desde o começo da monarchia em 1095 até á época actual , Lisbon 1842 ff; Historia de Portugal desde 1820 até 1910, continuada por José Agostinho , Porto 1893–1899
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History of Spain (General History of States. Dept. 1. History of the European States, edited by Arnold Heeren)
- [First volume: Friedrich Wilhelm Lembke, The times from the complete conquest by the Romans to the middle of the ninth century , Stuttgart 1831]
- Second volume: From the first decades of the ninth century to the beginning of the twelfth , Hamburg 1844
- Third volume: History of southeastern Spain, especially its internal conditions in the Middle Ages , Gotha 1861
literature
- Herman Haupt : Shepherd, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 525 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinrich Schäfer in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Rector's speeches in the 19th and 20th centuries - online bibliography
- Shepherd, Johann Heinrich. Hessian biography. (As of April 25, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Shepherd, Heinrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian, librarian, Romanist, Lusitanist and Hispanist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1794 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Schlitz (Vogelsbergkreis) |
DATE OF DEATH | July 2, 1869 |
Place of death | to water |