Karl Brunner (historian)

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Karl Brunner (born November 14, 1944 in Freistadt ) is an Austrian historian .

Karl Brunner studied history, philosophy and German studies at the University of Vienna from 1962 to 1968 and then obtained a doctorate in philosophy at the humanities faculty. In 1978 he qualified as a professor , became an associate professor in 1983 and a professor for medieval history and historical auxiliary sciences at the University of Vienna in 2000 . From 1996 to 2003 he was managing director of the Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. From 2002 to 2009 he was director of the Institute for Austrian Historical Research .

Brunner's research areas were within the medieval history and auxiliary sciences of history the Material Culture, everyday and mentality history , environmental history , social history of the early and high Middle Ages and philosophy of science . In 2009 he retired. In 2007 he was honored with the Science Prize of the State of Lower Austria . In 2018 he was awarded the Wilhelm Hartel Prize for his achievements in medieval history, in particular in real life .

Fonts

  • Consonantia Vitae. On the political and social horizon of Bavarian authors of the 10th and 11th centuries. Dissertation, University of Vienna, 1968.
  • Middle Ages (3rd – 16th century) revision course (= workbook history. Vol. 1). 4th, revised edition. Verlag Documentation, Pullach 1975; 12th, unchanged edition (= UTB . 411). Francke, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-8252-0411-1 .
  • Opposition groups in the Carolingian Empire (= publications by the Institute for Austrian Historical Research. Vol. 25). Böhlau, Vienna 1979, ISBN 3-205-08531-0 .
  • The Kuenringer. Noble life in Lower Austria (= Scientific publication series Lower Austria. Vol. 53). Verlag Niederösterreichisches Pressehaus, St. Pölten 1980, ISBN 3-85326-544-8 .
  • with Falko Daim : knights, squires, noble women. Ideology and Reality of Chivalry in the Middle Ages. Böhlau, Vienna 1981, ISBN 3-205-07164-6 .
  • with Gerhard Jaritz: landlord, farmer, farm hand. The farmer in the Middle Ages. Cliché and reality. Böhlau, Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-205-07261-8 .
  • Introduction to dealing with history. Literas, Vienna 1985; 4th edition: Löcker, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-85409-397-7 .
  • Duchies and Marches. From the Hungarian storm to the 12th century (= Austrian history. Vol. 2). Ueberreuter, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-8000-3972-9 .
  • Leopold, the saint. A portrait from the spring of the Middle Ages. Böhlau, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-205-78351-0 ( review ).
  • Dealing with history. Collected essays on the theory of science, cultural and environmental history (= communications from the Institute for Austrian Historical Research. Supplementary volume 54). Böhlau, Vienna / Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-205-78289-6 .
  • A brief cultural history of the Middle Ages. Beck, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-406-63715-5 .

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Remarks

  1. ^ Austrian Academy of Sciences. Almanach 2018, Volume 168, Vienna 2019, p. 275
  2. ↑ Make two out of three , in: FAZ of December 21, 2012, p. 30
personal data
SURNAME Brunner, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Free City