Helmut G. Walther (historian)
Helmut G. Walther (born July 4, 1944 in Bayreuth ) is a German historian .
Helmut G. Walther studied history, German, political science and philosophy at the Universities of Erlangen-Nürnberg , FU Berlin and Konstanz from 1963 to 1970 . In 1968 he passed the state examination for teaching at grammar schools. In 1970 he received his doctorate under Arno Borst and Waldemar Besson in Konstanz. From 1970 to 1978 he worked as a research assistant and assistant. His habilitation took place in Konstanz in 1978. From 1980 to 1993 Walther taught as a professor for Middle and Modern History at the University of Kiel . From 1993 until his retirement in 2009 he was professor for Medieval History at the University of Jena .
His main research interests include the social support groups of political ideas in the Middle Ages, the state formation process in the later Middle Ages, the heretic history of the Middle Ages, the relationship between the West and Islam and the history of reception in the Middle Ages.
Fonts
Monographs
- The Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Memories in photographs. Erfurt 2006, ISBN 3-89702-899-9 .
- Imperial royalty, conciliarism and popular sovereignty. Studies on the limits of the medieval notion of sovereignty. Fink Munich 1976, ISBN 3-7705-1267-7 (also: Konstanz, dissertation, 1970).
Editorships
- University life in the Collegium Jenense 1548 until today. Catalog for the permanent exhibition (= LichtGedanken. Vol. 3). IKS, Jena 2008, ISBN 978-3-938203-70-5 .
- Memories of a rector. Friedrich Zucker (1881–1973) (= sources and contributions to the history of the University of Jena. Vol. 4). Hain, Rudolstadt 2001, ISBN 3-89807-008-5 .
literature
- Stephan Freund , Klaus Krüger , Matthias Werner (eds.): From the changeability of the world. Selected essays. Celebration for his 60th birthday. Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2004, ISBN 3-631-52895-7 .
- Stephan Freund, Klaus Krüger (ed.): Empire, papacy and popular sovereignty in the high and late Middle Ages. Studies in honor of Helmut G. Walther (= Jena Contributions to History. Vol. 12). Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2017, ISBN 3-631-71505-6 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Helmut G. Walther in the catalog of the German National Library
- Publications by Helmut G. Walther in the Opac der Regesta Imperii
- Page from Walther at the University of Jena
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walther, Helmut G. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bayreuth |