Karl Manitius
Karl Manitius (born July 23, 1899 in Dresden , † December 26, 1979 in Bernried ) was a German historian .
After returning from the First World War , the son of the historian Max Manitius studied history, German and Latin at the University of Leipzig . In 1923 he received his doctorate with the thesis The Franconian historians of the Carolingian era and the secular sciences . From 1924 to 1945 he was a teacher at various grammar schools and state high schools, in Leipzig, Waldenburg in Saxony and finally in Dresden. Through the mediation of Fritz Rörig , he joined the Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH) at the Academy of Sciences in East Berlin in 1949 , where he was responsible for the edition of literary texts from the early Middle Ages. In 1958 Gunzo, Epistola ad Augienses, and Anselm von Besate, Rhetorimachia appeared in Weimar . In several essays he dealt with medieval library history. After moving to Bavaria (1968), the edition Sextus Amarcius, Sermones was published in Weimar , on which he has been working since 1955. The edited edition of the Bible poem of Eupolemius was published in 1973.
Fonts
Monographs
- Science in the Beginning Middle Ages. A study of the Franconian historical sources of the Carolingian era. Rohland & Berthold, Crimmitschau 1924.
Editorships
- Max Manitius: Manuscripts by ancient authors in medieval library catalogs. (= Journal for Librarianship Supplement 67). Harrassowitz, Leipzig 1935.
Editions
- Epistola ad Augienses and Anselm von Besate: Rhetorimachia. Böhlau, Weimar 1958.
- Sextus Amarcius: Sermones. Böhlau, Weimar 1969.
- Eupolemius: The Bible Poem. Böhlau, Weimar 1973.
literature
- Bernhard Bischoff : Obituary Karl Manitius. In: German Archive for Research into the Middle Ages 37, 1981, pp. 445–446 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Books and essays by Karl Manitius in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii
- Employee at Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH) Munich
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Manitius, Karl |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1899 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1979 |
Place of death | Bernried on Lake Starnberg |