Henry Mayr-Harting
Henry Maria Robert Egmont Mayr-Harting (born April 6, 1936 in Prague ) is a British historian .
Henry Mayr-Harting attended Merton College and made in 1957 the Bachelor and 1961 the D.Phil (Dissertation: The Bishops of Chichester and the Administration of Their Diocese, 1075-1207: with a Collection of Acta ). His academic career began at the University of Liverpool as an Assistant Lecturer and Lecturer in Medieval History (1960–1968). From 1968 to 1997 he was a fellow and tutor at St Peter's College . From 1976 to 1997 he was a lecturer at Merton College. From 1987 to 1988 he was Slade Professor of Fine Art . From 1993 to 1997 Mayr-Harting was a reader in medieval history. In 1997 he became Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History (Chair of Church History) at the University of Oxford , where he taught until 2003.
Mayr-Harting specialized in church history, one of his main focuses is the age of the Ottonians . Harting received numerous honors and memberships for his research. In 1992 he became a Fellow of the British Academy . He has been a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences since 2001 . He received honorary doctorates from Lawrence University (1998), the University of the South (1999) and the University of East Anglia (2009) .
Fonts
- Church and cosmos in early Ottonian Germany. The view from Cologne. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2007, ISBN 0-19-921071-3 .
- Ottonian book illumination. An historical study. 2nd edition. Harvey Miller, London 1999, ISBN 1-87250-174-5 .
- Ottonian book illumination. Liturgical art in the realm of emperors, bishops and abbots. Translated from English by Rainer Zerbst. Belser, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-7630-1216-8 .
- The coming of christianity to Anglo-Saxon England. Batsford, London 1972, ISBN 0-7134-1360-3 .
literature
- Richard Gameson and Henrietta Leyser (Eds.): Belief and culture in the Middle Ages. Studies presented to Henry Mayr-Harting. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2001, ISBN 0-19-820801-4 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Henry Mayr-Harting in the catalog of the German National Library
- Publications by Henry Mayr-Harting in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii
- Page by Mayr-Harting at the University of Oxford
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mayr-Harting, Henry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mayr-Harting, Henry Maria Robert Egmont |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |