Klaus Schreiner (historian)

Klaus Schreiner (born April 22, 1931 in Jagstfeld , † June 28, 2015 in Munich ) was a German historian .

Klaus Schreiner received his doctorate from the University of Tübingen in 1961 with a thesis on social and social studies on the Benedictine convents in the eastern Black Forest . In a comparative study, he treated the Benedictine convents Hirsau , Reichenbach , Kniebis , Alpirsbach and St. Georgen . Schreiner intended to clarify the changes in the class structure in the five Benedictine convents from the 11th to the 16th centuries. The regional historical study and the methodical approach were inspired by his teacher Hansmartin Decker-Hauff . Schreiner's habilitation took place in 1969 at the University of Tübingen with the thesis "De nobilitate". The concept, ethos and self-image of the nobility as reflected in late medieval aristocratic tracts . The work went unprinted.

From 1973, Schreiner was an adjunct professor for historical regional studies and historical auxiliary sciences as well as deputy director of the “Institute for historical regional studies and historical auxiliary sciences” at the University of Tübingen. The research interest focused on Benedictine monasticism . From 1976 until his retirement in 1996, he taught as a full professor for medieval history at Bielefeld University . Important academic students of Schreiner include Jörg Rogge , Gabriela Signori and Gerd Schwerhoff . He turned down a call to Tübingen in 1982. Schreiner was a research fellow at the Historisches Kolleg in 1987/1988 , a fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (1993/1994) and a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton (1995/1996). Schreiner had been a full member since 1986 and a corresponding member since 2006 of the Historical Commission for Westphalia . In the summer semester of 1999 he was Otto von Freising visiting professor at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt . In 2003 he received the " Friedrich Schiedel Science Prize on the History of Upper Swabia " for his services to research into the history of Upper Swabia . After his retirement, Schreiner moved to Munich. He died there in 2015 at the age of 84.

Schreiner published numerous studies on the cultural and social history of medieval piety . Further research focuses were monasticism, the history of concepts and mentality, the history of education and knowledge, ritual and symbolic forms of behavior ( symbolic communication ), the effect and reception of the Middle Ages in modern times, historiography and hagiography as well as historical iconography . Schreiner has tried to decipher the meanings and messages of these symbolic actions in several works, for example on kissing or barefootedness. In 2003 he published an overview of art historical, sociological and political aspects of the veneration of Mary . On the occasion of his 80th birthday, Ulrich Meier, Gabriela Signori and Gerd Schwerhoff compiled and published six essays from 1996 to 2004 on the subject of symbolic communication.

Fonts

A list of writings can be found in Klaus Schreiner: Rituals, Signs, Images. Forms and functions of symbolic communication in the Middle Ages. Edited by Ulrich Meier, Gabriela Signori, Gerd Schwerhoff (= norm and structure. Vol. 40). Böhlau, Cologne et al. 2011, ISBN 978-3-412-20737-3 , pp. 323–342.

Monographs

• Studies of social and class history on the Benedictine monasteries in the eastern Black Forest (= publications by the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Series B: Research. Vol. 31, ISSN  0521-9884 ). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1964 (also: Tübingen, Univ., Diss., 1961).
• Disciplined academic freedom. Conceptual justification and historical practice of free research, teaching and learning at the University of Tübingen (1477–1945) (= Contubernium. Vol. 22). Mohr, Tübingen 1981, ISBN 3-16-444453-2 .
• "Sacred Rule" and "Holy War". Empire, church and crusade as reflected in the late medieval Heinrich table (= teaching in Westphalian museums. Vol. 18). Landesbildstelle Westfalen - Department for Museum Education, Münster 1985, ISBN 3-923432-18-6 .
• Being a monk in aristocratic society in the high and late Middle Ages. Monastic community building between spiritual self-assertion and social adaptation (= writings of the historical college. Lectures. Vol. 20). Munich 1989 ( digitized version ).
• Hirsau. St. Peter and Paul. 1091-1991. Part 2: History, forms of life and constitution of a reform monastery (= research and reports on the archeology of the Middle Ages in Baden-Württemberg. Vol. 10, 2). Theiss, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-8062-0902-2 .
• Maria. Virgin, mother, ruler. Hanser, Munich et al. 1994, ISBN 3-446-17831-7 .
• with Clemens Kasper: Cistercian Spirituality. Theological foundations, functional requirements and graphic characteristics in the Middle Ages (= studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches. Supplementary volume 34). Eos-Verlag, St. Ottilien 1994, ISBN 3-88096-729-6 .
• "Take read". Augustine as a model (exemplar) and rule (regula) of monastic book and reading culture in the late Middle Ages (= series of publications by the Academy of Augustinian Canons of Windesheim. Vol. 3). Augustinian Canons , Paring 1998, ISBN 3-9805469-3-4 .
• Maria. Life, legends, symbols (= Beck'sche series. C.-H.-Beck-Wissen. Vol. 2313). Beck, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-48013-6 .
• Swabian baroque monasteries. Gloss and misery of monastic communities , Fink, Lindenberg 2003, ISBN 3-89870-114-X .
• Life and constitutional forms of a Black Forest monastery (= Calw - history of a city: Hirsau. Vol. 1). Stadtarchiv et al., Calw 2005, ISBN 3-9809615-5-9 .
• Rituals, signs, images. Forms and functions of symbolic communication in the Middle Ages (= norm and structure. Vol. 40). Böhlau, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-412-20737-3 .
• Living together. Spirituality, forms of life and constitution of monastic communities in church and society in the Middle Ages (= Vita regularis. Abhandlungen. Vol. 53), Lit-Verl., Berlin / Münster 2013, ISBN 978-3-643-12177-6 .

Editorships

• together with Elisabeth Müller-Luckner: Lay piety in the late Middle Ages. Forms, functions, political-social contexts (= writings of the historical college, colloquia. Vol. 20). Oldenbourg, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-486-55902-8 ( digitized version ).
• together with Norbert Schnitzler: tormented, desired, forgotten. Symbolism and social reference of the body in the late Middle Ages and in the early modern period. Fink, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-7705-2774-7 .
• together with Jürgen Miethke : Social Change in the Middle Ages. Forms of perception, explanatory models, regulatory mechanisms. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1994, ISBN 3-7995-4235-3 .
• together with Reinhart Koselleck : Citizenship. Reception and innovation of terminology from the High Middle Ages to the 19th century (= language and history. Vol. 22). Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-608-91657-1 .
• together with Ulrich Meier: City regiment and civil liberty. Scope for action in German and Italian cities of the late Middle Ages and the early modern period (= bourgeoisie. Vol. 7). Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1994, ISBN 3-525-35672-2 .
• together with Gerd Schwerhoff: Injured honor. Conflicts of honor in societies of the Middle Ages and the early modern period (= norm and structure. Studies on social change in the Middle Ages and early modern times. Vol. 5). Böhlau, Cologne et al. 1995, ISBN 3-412-09095-6 .
• together with Clemens M. Kasper: Viva vox and ratio scripta. Oral and written forms of communication in monasticism in the Middle Ages (= Vita regularis. Vol. 5). Lit, Münster 1997, ISBN 3-8258-2950-2 .
• together with Gabriela Signori: pictures, texts, rituals. Relation to reality and the construction of political and legal communication media in urban and aristocratic societies of the late Middle Ages (= Journal for Historical Research. Supplement 24). Duncker and Humblot, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-428-10313-0 .
• Martyrs, battle helpers, peacemakers. War and peace as reflected in medieval and early modern veneration of saints (= Otto von Freising lectures of the Catholic University of Eichstätt. Vol. 18). Leske + Budrich, Opladen 2000, ISBN 3-8100-2446-5 .
• together with Marc Müntz: Piety in the Middle Ages. Political-social contexts, visual practice, physical forms of expression. Fink, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-7705-3625-8 .
• together with Elisabeth Müller-Luckner: Holy Wars. Religious justifications for the use of military force: Judaism, Christianity and Islam in comparison (= writings of the historical college. Colloquia. Vol. 78). Oldenbourg, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-486-58848-4 ( digitized ).

literature

• Michael Borgolte : Social History of the Middle Ages. A research balance sheet after German unification (= historical journal, supplements. NF, vol. 22). Oldenbourg, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-486-64447-5 , p. 79 ff.
• Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 2012. Volume 3, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-023525-8 , p. 622.
• Oliver Junge: Klaus Schreiner. Piety and sensuality. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , April 18, 2011, No. 91, p. 30.
• Andrea Löther (Ed.): Mundus in imagine. Imagery and worlds in the Middle Ages. Festival ceremony for Klaus Schreiner. Fink, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-7705-3118-3 .
• Peter von Moos (Ed.): The misstep. Failure and oversight in the premodern. Klaus Schreiner on his 70th birthday (= norm and structure. Studies on social change in the Middle Ages and early modern times. Vol. 15). Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 2001, ISBN 3-412-06101-8 .
• Gerd Schwerhoff: Middle Ages in Bielefeld. On the death of the historian Klaus Schreiner. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , July 2, 2015, No. 150, p. 11.
• Gabriela Signori: Klaus Schreiner (1931–2015). In: Historical magazine . Vol. 303 (2016), pp. 126-131.

Web links

• Literature by and about Klaus Schreiner in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Klaus Schreiner at perlentaucher.de
• Biographical information on the website of the Historical Commission for Westphalia

Remarks

1. ↑ Historical College. Professor Dr. Klaus Schreiner .
2. ^ Otto von Freising guest professorship
3. ↑ Klaus Schreiner: Rituals, Signs, Images. Forms and functions of symbolic communication in the Middle Ages. Edited by Ulrich Meier, Gabriela Signori, Gerd Schwerhoff, Cologne et al. 2011.