Klaus Arnold (historian)

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Klaus Arnold (born June 27, 1942 in Leuna ) is a German historian of medieval history .

At the University of Würzburg , he completed his studies in medieval history, art history and historical auxiliary sciences . In Würzburg he did his doctorate with Otto Meyer in 1971 with a dissertation on Johannes Trithemius . He then worked as a research assistant and as a private lecturer at the University of Würzburg. He then took on the position of professor for historical auxiliary sciences at the University of Bamberg (1980–1981), after which he was professor for Medieval and Modern History with a focus on the medieval social history of Western Europe at the University of Hamburg (1982–1992). From 1992 until his retirement in 2007 he held the chair for medieval history at the Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg .

The focus of his research is the history of German Renaissance - humanism , the peasant revolts of the late Middle Ages , the regional history franc , the history of war and peace and the social history of the Middle Ages and the early modern period . As co-editor, he oversees the articles on German and European history . In 1981 he was awarded the Prize of the Lower Franconian Memorial Year Foundation and in 2007 the Culture Prize of the City of Kitzingen .

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  • Johannes Trithemius. (1462–1516) (= sources and research on the history of the diocese and bishopric of Würzburg. Vol. 23). Schöningh, Würzburg 1971, ISBN 3-87717-023-4 (also: Würzburg, Univ., Phil. Diss., 1970); 2., bibliographical and traditionally revised. Ed., Würzburg 1991 ( online ).
  • as editor: Johannes Trithemius: De laude scriptorum. = To praise the writers (= Mainfränkische Hefte. H. 60, ZDB -ID 500809-8 ). Introduced, edited and translated by Klaus Arnold. Friends of Mainfränkischer Kunst und Geschichte e. V., Würzburg 1973 (text in Latin and German).
  • Child and Society in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Contributions and texts on the history of childhood (= Zebra Collection. Series B: Books for the training and further education of educators. Vol. 2). Schöningh et al., Paderborn 1980, ISBN 3-506-13152-4 .
  • Niklashausen 1476. Sources and studies on the social-religious movement of Hans Behem and on the agricultural structure of a late medieval village (= Saecvla Spiritalia. Vol. 3). Koerner, Baden-Baden 1980, ISBN 3-87320-403-7 (also: Würzburg, Univ., Habil.-Schr., 1977/78).
  • as editor with Wolf D. Gruner and Kersten Krüger : Contributions to German and European history. BDEG. Vol. 1ff., 1989ff., ZDB -ID 1413756-2 .
  • as editor: Politics, Society, Economy from 800 to 1776 (= times and people. Edition: K, history for college level and basic studies. Vol. 2). Revision. Schöningh et al., Paderborn et al. 1990, ISBN 3-506-34714-4 (as author: pp. 1-245).
  • The middle age. Sources on German and European history from 8-15 Century (= times and people. Edition: Q ). Schöningh et al., Paderborn et al. 1991, ISBN 3-506-34735-7 .
  • Medieval popular movements for peace (= contributions to peace ethics. Vol. 23). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart et al. 1996, ISBN 3-17-014142-2 .
  • 1250 years of Kitzingen. From the shadow of the monastery to the city on the Main (= writings of the Kitzingen City Archives. Vol. 5). Högner, Kitzingen 1996, ISBN 3-921327-26-1 .
  • as editor with Sabine Schmolinsky and Urs Martin Zahnd : Das illustrated Ich. Studies on self-testimonies of the later Middle Ages and the early modern times (= self-testimonies of the Middle Ages and the beginning modern times. Vol. 1). Winkler, Bochum 1999, ISBN 3-930083-08-6 .
  • as editor: Pirckheimer-Jahrbuch for Renaissance and Humanism Research. Published on behalf of the board of the Willibald Pirckheimer Society. Vol. 17ff., 2002ff., ISSN  1434-8578 .
  • as editor: In love and anger. Letters from the Middle Ages. Selected, transferred and introduced by Klaus Arnold. Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2003, ISBN 3-7995-0113-4 .
  • as editor with Ernst Günter Krenig and Jürgen Petersohn : Otto Meyer : Die Christianisierung Frankens. Saint Kilian against the background of the Irish influence on early medieval Europe (= publications of the Society for Franconian History. Series 13: New Year's Papers. H. 47). Issued with a list of publications. Society for Franconian History ao, Würzburg ao 2006, ISBN 3-86652-047-6 .

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SURNAME Arnold, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian for medieval history
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Leuna