Ludwig Buisson

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Ludwig Buisson (born June 12, 1918 in Karlsruhe ; † July 17, 1992 ) was a German historian .

Life

Ludwig Buisson received his doctorate in 1951 under Gerd Tellenbach at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau . In 1957 he received his habilitation there and was appointed private lecturer at the universities of Freiburg im Breisgau and Marburg . In 1961 he became a full professor for the history of the Middle Ages at Saarbrücken University . From 1967 to 1985 he was a full professor for Medieval and Modern History at the University of Hamburg . In Hamburg he was the successor of Otto Brunner , who retired in 1966 but taught for another year. After the death of Paul Johansenthere was another parallel professorship for medieval history held by Rolf Sprandel and then Gerhard Theuerkauf . Buisson was succeeded in 1993 by Hans-Werner Goetz .

According to Gerhard Theuerkauf , he represented the history of the Middle Ages in a large temporal and spatial expanse (from late antiquity to the 16th century), he investigated ideas, law and constitution of the Middle Ages ... knowledgeable and close to sources, haunting and subtle and presented important connections between the European History of the Middle Ages . According to Eckart Krause, he was still a representative of the old full-time university in many ways, but advocated the reform university in Hamburg in many areas and was particularly committed to the university's partnership with Bordeaux.

Ludwig Buisson was married to the historian Inge Buisson geb. Wolff.

Fonts (selection)

  • King Louis IX, the Saint, and the Right: Study of the Order of Life in France in the High Middle Ages. Dissertation . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1954.
  • Potestas and Caritas: Papal Power in the Late Middle Ages. (= Research on ecclesiastical legal history and canon law. Volume 2). Habilitation thesis . Böhlau, Cologne / Graz 1958.
  • The picture stone Ardre VIII on Gotland: myths of gods, heroic sagas and belief in the afterlife of the Germanic peoples in the 8th century AD (= treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. No. 102). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1976, ISBN 3-525-82381-9 .
  • Günter Moltmann, Gerhard Theuerkauf (ed.): Lebendiges Mittelalter: Essays on the history of canon law and the Normans. Ceremony for the 70th birthday of Ludwig Buisson. Böhlau, Cologne / Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-412-00588-6 .

literature

  • Commemorative speeches for Ludwig Buisson (1918–1992): Speeches at the academic memorial ceremony on January 7, 1993 (= Hamburg University Speeches . Volume 53). Press office of the University of Hamburg, Hamburg 1993.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Theuerkauf quoted in Eckart Krause: People who made "history". Attempt to study history for almost a century at Hamburg University. In: The historical seminar of the University of Hamburg. Research report [1 (2002-2004)]. Hamburg 2005, p. 28
personal data
SURNAME Buisson, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH 17th July 1992