Historical yearbook
| Historical yearbook | |
|---|---|
| description | Trade journal |
| Area of Expertise | history |
| language | German |
| publishing company | Verlag Karl Alber ( Germany ) |
| Headquarters | Freiburg im Breisgau , Munich |
| First edition | 1880 |
| Frequency of publication | yearly |
| editor | Thomas Brechenmacher , Wilhelm Damberg , Franz J. Felten , Hans Günter Hockerts , Hans-Michael Körner , Anton Schindling |
| Web link | Website of the magazine by Verlag Karl Alber |
The Historical Yearbook is one of the oldest historical journals in the German-speaking area. The yearbook was founded in 1880 during the Kulturkampf as a publication organ for Catholic historians. Essays on the history of Catholicism in German-speaking countries and on Christian church history therefore occupy a large space up to the present day. The time frame of the essays, reports and discussions ranges from ancient history through the Middle Ages and the early modern period to contemporary history. Taking into account the non-European perspectives, the focus is on overarching issues, scientific controversies and the discussion of basic questions.
When it was founded, the first editor was Georg Hüffer, the Münster private lecturer in history . The historical yearbook is still published today on behalf of the Görres Society . Current editors are Thomas Brechenmacher , Wilhelm Damberg , Franz J. Felten , Hans Günter Hockerts , Hans-Michael Körner and Anton Schindling . It has been published by Verlag Karl Alber , Freiburg / Munich since his 70th year (1951) .
From 1937 until his death in 1977 Johannes Spörl was the sole editor. He had been working as an editorial assistant for his teacher and predecessor Philipp Funk since 1931 . In 1941 the Görres Society was forcibly dissolved. In 1942 the historical yearbook had to stop its publication with volume 62. The volume, which was already ready for dispatch, and all of the remainder of the yearbook were bombed. The first post-war volume, the 62nd – 69th Born in 1949 took over the contributions from volume 62 unchanged.
In the foreword of the 62nd year, Johannes Spörl wrote:
“With this volume, the Historical Yearbook is temporarily ceasing its publication for reasons important to the war effort, in accordance with a ruling by the Reich Press Chamber. This is the end of a 62-year-long effort by German historical science to serve the knowledge of historical truth and to contribute a building block to the international status of German intellectual life. As the last editor, I was allowed to look after the editors for five years, whose sponsors were previously such important historians as Hermann von Grauert , Erich König , Heinrich Günter and Philipp Funk. I was lucky enough to have the support of men like Heinrich Finke and Aloys Schulte ... Emerging from a certain intellectual-historical situation in the last century, the Historical Yearbook was far from any close confessional ties and the all too cheap leaning on common catchphrases. Future historiographical research may decide to what extent this magazine, which has taken off from the noisy daily screams, has succeeded in maintaining the silent, continuous line of German science. I venture confidently to hope that the Historical Yearbook will be able to pass this test before history is judged and, moreover, that in a happier hour it may be granted to successfully continue its noble tradition. - In the Wehrmacht - Johannes Spörl "
For the years 1 to 100, Laetitia Boehm published a register volume in 1982 at Verlag Karl Alber Freiburg / Munich. It includes lists of editors, publishers and the volumes published as commemorative or commemorative editions, a list of necrologists and a register of authors. The subject index (pp. 97–216) consists of the parts General Political History , General History of the Christian Church , Source Studies in the narrower sense , with a total of 27 subsections.
According to the research of Ursula Wiggershaus-Müller, the existence of National Socialism was "barely noticeable" in the historical yearbook.
literature
- Ursula Wiggershaus-Müller: National Socialism and History. The history of the historical journal and the historical yearbook 1933–1945 (= series studies on contemporary history. Volume 17). Kovač, Hamburg 1998, ISBN 3-86064-787-3 (also: Heidelberg, University, dissertation, 1989).
Web links
- Website of the magazine by Verlag Karl Alber
- Tables of contents until 2003 in the open-access magazine at fordham.edu
Remarks
- ↑ The destroyed 62nd volume brought articles by Romano Guardini (at that time removed from teaching), Hubert Jedin , Karl Siegfried Bader , Friedrich Zoepfl , Berthold Altaner (dismissed in 1933 for "subversive activities") and Friedrich Brie (forced to retire as a Jew in 1938).
- ↑ ISBN 3-495-45015-7 , ISSN 0018-2621 .
- ↑ Ursula Wiggershaus-Müller: National Socialism and History. The history of the historical journal and the historical yearbook 1933–1945. Hamburg 1998, p. 263.