Leonhard von Muralt
Leonhard von Muralt (born May 17, 1900 in Zurich , † October 2, 1970 in Cavalaire-sur-Mer , France ) was a Swiss historian and Anabaptist researcher .
Life
The von Muralt family comes from Locarno and, after converting to the Protestant faith, found a new home in Bern and Zurich in 1555 . Leonhard von Muralt studied in Zurich and Geneva. Muralt later taught at the University of Zurich as a full professor of modern general and Swiss history. He was co-editor of the works of Ulrich Zwingli in the Corpus Reformatorum and the sources on the history of the Anabaptists in Switzerland (Zurich). The main field of activity of the historian Muralt was the history of modern times with a focus on the history of the Reformation.
Fonts
- The Baden Disputation 1526. (Dissertation). Leipzig 1925.
- Reformation and Counter Reformation. 1932.
- Jörg Berger. In: Announcement of the Zwingli Association for the 70th birthday of its President Hermann Escher , Zurich 1927, pp. 98–126.
- The age of the renaissance . 1941. In: Willy Andreas (ed.): The New Propylaea World History . 3rd volume. 1949, pp. 1-79.
- The Peace of Versailles and the Present. 1947.
- Bismarck's responsibility. 1955.
literature
- Edgar Bonjour : Muralt, Leonhard von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 605 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Helmut Meyer: Leonhard von Muralt as a Reformation historian . In: Zwingliana . Vol. 27 (2000), pp. 15-24 ( online ).
- Peter Stadler : Leonhard von Muralt as a historian of general history . In: Zwingliana . Vol. 27 (2000), pp. 25-27 ( online ).
- Edgar Bonjour: Muralt, Leonhard von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Kaspar von Greyerz: Muralt, Leonhard von. In: Mennonite Lexicon . Volume 5 (MennLex 5).
Web links
- Literature by and about Leonhard von Muralt in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Edgar Bonjour: Muralt. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 602 ( digitized version ).
- ^ Hans Conrad Peyer: Leonhard von Muralt, May 17, 1900 to October 2, 1970. Zürcher Taschenbuch 1972. pp. 1ff.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Muralt, Leonhard von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th May 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd October 1970 |
| Place of death | Cavalaire-sur-Mer |