Johannes Merz (historian)
Johannes Merz (* 1964 in Hammelburg ) is a German historian .
Life
From 1983 to 1989 he studied history, philosophy , theology and German in Würzburg , Marburg and Padua . From 1989 to 1991 he received a graduate scholarship from the University of Würzburg ( doctorate in 1992). From 1992 to 1996 he was a research assistant at the chair for Bavarian regional history at the University of Munich . From 1997 to 2003 he was academic advisor at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences ( Commission for Bavarian State History ). After completing his habilitation in Middle and Modern History in 1999, teaching in Munich , Passau and Saarbrücken , he was director of the archive and library of the diocese of Würzburg from 2003 to 2016 . From 2006 to 2011 he taught as an adjunct professor in Munich. Since 2011 he has been an adjunct professor in Würzburg. From 2016 to 2019 he was Chancellor of the Diocese of Würzburg. On April 1, 2019, he took over the management of the archive and the diocesan library of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising .
His research areas are territorial constitutional and social history in the Old Kingdom, Reformation and confessionalization, history of Franconia and Bavaria, and archives and libraries.
Fonts (selection)
- Georg Horn (1542–1603) and his Historia about the Reformation in Hammelburg. Studies on the life, work and environment of the author and edition of the Historia . Neustadt an der Aisch 1992, ISBN 3-7686-9120-9 .
- Lower Franconia. Basics of history in the Middle Ages and modern times . Munich 1997, OCLC 164856748 .
- Prince and rule. The Duke of Franconia and his neighbors 1470–1519 . Munich 2000, ISBN 3-486-50508-4 .
- The ecclesiastical and academic library system in the Diocese of Würzburg . Würzburg 2008, OCLC 962404617 .
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Merz, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hammelburg |