Karl Leyser
Karl Josef Leyser (born October 24, 1920 in Düsseldorf , † May 27, 1992 in Oxford ) was a German-British historian of medieval history.
The son of the Jewish factory owner Otto Leyser attended elementary school and grammar school in Düsseldorf until he emigrated to England in 1937, separated from his parents, who survived the days of National Socialism in the Dutch underground . In 1939 he began studying history at Oxford. During the Second World War he fought first on the side of an English engineer corps and then in a Scottish elite regiment, where he rose to major . In 1946 he received British citizenship. Leyser was a Fellow of Oxford Magdalen College from 1948 to 1984 and a Fellow of All Souls College from 1984 to 1988 . The British Academy accepted him as a member in 1983. In 1991 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .
The focus of his work was on the period from the 10th to the 12th century, the Ottonian , Salier and early Staufer era . Through his work in the 1970s, he became a recognized expert on German imperial history in the High Middle Ages in the English-speaking world.
Leyser was married to the historian Henrietta Leyser. Their daughter is the botanist Ottoline Leyser .
Fonts
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Rule and conflict in an early medieval society: Ottonian Saxony. E. Arnold, London 1979, ISBN 0-7131-6218-X .
- Translation: Rule and Conflict: King and Nobility in Ottonian Saxony. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1984, ISBN 3-525-35392-8 .
- Medieval Germany and its neighbors, 900–1250. Hambledon, London 1982, ISBN 0-907628-08-7 .
- On the eve of the first European revolution: The 11th century as a time of upheaval (= Writings of the Historisches Kolleg. Documentations, no. 9). Historisches Kolleg Foundation, Munich 1994 ( online ).
- Communications and power in medieval Europe: The Gregorian revolution and beyond. Hambledon, London 1994, ISBN 1-85285-113-9 (collection of articles).
- Communications and power in medieval Europe: The Carolingian and Ottonian centuries. Hambledon, London 1994, ISBN 1-85285-013-2 (collection of articles).
literature
- Timothy Reuter (Ed.): Warriors and churchmen in the High Middle Ages: Essays presented to Karl Leyser. Hambledon, London 1992, ISBN 1-85285-063-9 .
- Robert L. Benson , Thomas N. Bisson, Peter Browhn: Karl J. Leyser. In: Speculum Volume 68,3 1993, 938-940, doi: 10.1017 / S0038713400023319 ( JSTOR 2865081 at JSTOR ).
- Alfred Haverkamp , Hanna Vollrath (Eds.): England and Germany in the High Middle Ages: In honor of Karl J. Leyser. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1996, ISBN 0-19-920504-3 .
- Horst Fuhrmann : Epilogue. In: On the eve of the first European revolution: The 11th century as a time of upheaval (= writings of the Historisches Kolleg. Documentations, Issue 9). Stiftung Historisches Kolleg, Munich 1994, pp. 30–32 ( online ).
- Henry Mayr-Harting : Karl Joseph Leyser, 1920–1992. In: Proceedings of the British Academy. Volume 94, 1997, pp. 599-624 ( online ).
Remarks
- ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed June 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 150.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leyser, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leyser, Karl Josef (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-British medieval historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 27, 1992 |
| Place of death | Oxford |