Klaus-Peter Matschke

Klaus-Peter Matschke (born May 14, 1938 in Liegnitz ) is a German Byzantinist and medieval historian.

Life

From 1944 to 1945 he attended the Liegnitz elementary school and from 1945 to 1947 in Rabishau . In 1947 he moved to Tilkerode . From 1947 to 1952 he attended the Tilkerode elementary school and from 1952 to 1956 the secondary school in Hettstedt and Mansfeld , graduating from high school. From 1957 to 1962 he studied history and classical philology at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig . From 1962 to 1967 he was a research assistant and lecturer in general history of the Middle Ages. From 1967 to 1969 he was a senior research assistant at the Institute for General History, Department of General History of the Middle Ages. From 1969 to 1977 he was a senior research assistant at the chair in the general history of feudalism until 1500. In 1977 he became professor for the history of the Middle Ages at the history section of the University of Leipzig. In 1986 he became professor for general history of the Middle Ages at the history section of the University of Leipzig. From 1992 to 2003 he taught as C3 professor for Medieval and Byzantine History at the University of Leipzig. In 2003 he retired.

Fonts (selection)

• Progress and Response in Byzantium in the 14th Century. Constantinople in the civil war period from 1341 to 1354 (= Berlin Byzantine Works 42). Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1971, OCLC 1027231639 .
• The Battle of Ankara and the Fate of Byzantium. Studies of late Byzantine history between 1402 and 1422 . Weimar 1981, OCLC 561999029 .
• with Franz Tinnefeld : Society in late Byzantium. Groups, structures and forms of life . Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-412-10199-0 .
• The cross and the crescent. The history of the Turkish wars . Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-538-07178-0 .

literature

• Sebastian Kolditz, Ralf C. Müller (Eds.): What happened and what was written. Studies in honor of Günther S. Henrich and Klaus-Peter Matschke . Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-938533-03-X .

Web links

• CV at the University of Leipzig
• Matschke, Klaus-Peter .  Publications in the bibliographic database of the Regesta Imperii .