Josef Deér

Josef Deér (also: József Deér ) (born March 4, 1905 in Budapest , † September 26, 1972 in Bern ) was a Hungarian historian .

The son of a pharmacist and a teacher studied history from 1923 to 1929 at the Universities of Budapest and Vienna . In 1929 he received his doctorate in Budapest. His habilitation took place with the thesis Pagan and Christian in the old Hungarian monarchy . He then taught from 1934 as a private lecturer and then from 1936 to 1940 as a professor at the University of Szeged . From 1945 to 1948 he was a professor at the University of Budapest. From 1950 Deér was initially an associate professor of medieval history at the University of Bern , and from 1954 until his retirement in 1971 he was the first full professor to teach medieval history.

His main research interests were the relationship between Byzantium and the West, the interplay of spiritual and secular rule, early medieval Hungary and the relationship between symbols and the understanding of rule.

Fonts (selection)

• The beginnings of the Hungarian-Croatian state community. In: Archivum Europae Centro-Orientalis. Vol. 2, 1936, ZDB -ID 433892-3 , pp. 5-45 (Also special print: (= Études sur l'Europe Center-Orientale. No. 4, ZDB -ID 1136408-7 ). Stemmer, Budapest 1936; Reprographic reprint: (= Libelli. Bd. 300, ZDB -ID 846543-5 ). Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1970).
• The imperial robe of Frederick II (= Dissertationes Bernenses. Series 2, Fasc. 2, ZDB -ID 844838-3 ). Francke, Bern 1952.
• The image of the emperor in the cross. A contribution to the political theology of the early Middle Ages. In: Swiss contributions to general history. Vol. 13, 1955, ISSN  0080-7222 , pp. 48-110.
• The Holy Crown of Hungary (= Austrian Academy of Sciences, Philosophical-Historical Class. Memoranda. Bd. 91, ISSN  0029-8824 ). Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1966.
• The papacy and the southern Italian Norman states. 1053-1212 (= historical texts. Middle Ages. Vol. 12, ISSN  0440-968X ). Vandenhoeck u. Ruprecht, Göttingen 1969.
• Papacy and Normans. Investigations into their feudal and church-political relationships (= studies and sources on the world of Emperor Frederick II. Vol. 1). Böhlau, Cologne et al. 1972, ISBN 3-412-95872-7 .
• Byzantium and Western rulers. Selected essays (= Konstanz Working Group for Medieval History. Lectures and Research. Vol. 21). Published by Peter Classen . Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1977, ISBN 3-7995-6621-X .

literature

• Thomas von Bogyay: The memory of Josef Deér (1905–1972). In: Hungary Yearbook. Vol. 4, 1972, ISSN  0082-755X , pp. 236-239, digitized version (PDF; 408.22 kB) .

Web links

• Literature by and about Josef Deér in the catalog of the German National Library