Markus Wenninger

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Markus J. Wenninger (* 1951 in Kematen an der Krems ) is an Austrian historian who primarily researches the history of the Middle Ages . He has been a member of the Institute for Austrian Historical Research since 1983 and retired in October 2016.

Life

After graduating from the HTL Linz (specializing in electrical engineering), Markus J. Wenninger studied history and German in Salzburg, where he received his doctorate in 1977 , and Vienna. In 1978 he became an assistant at the Institute for History at the University of Klagenfurt , Department of History of the Middle Ages and Historical Auxiliary Science, and in 1983 he became a member of the Institute for Austrian Historical Research. He completed his habilitation in 2004 in Klagenfurt for history of the Middle Ages and historical auxiliary sciences. He was retired in October 2016.

research

Since his dissertation, Markus J. Wenninger has been researching various areas of the social, economic and mental history of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the modern era , especially in connection with the history of the Jews and Judaism , as well as the development of the money credit business . He also deals with castle studies and researches in particular on Carinthian castles.

Projects

In conjunction with the Institute for Jewish History in Austria in St. Pölten, Lower Austria, he is currently putting together a collection of sources on the history of Austrian Jewry in the Middle Ages. Together with Friedrich Battenberg he founded the magazine Aschkenas. Journal for the history and culture of the Jews , which he still publishes together with Hans-Otto Horch, Robert Jütte and Miriam Rürup.

Publications

as author:

  • One no longer needs Jews, causes and backgrounds of their expulsion from the German imperial cities in the 15th century (= Archive for Cultural History. Supplements. Booklet 14). Böhlau, Cologne / Vienna / Graz 1981, ISBN 3-205-07152-2 (also dissertation, University of Salzburg 1977).
  • Editing of the local and regional articles relating to the area “Austria-Alpine countries” for Germania Judaica, Vol. III (1350–1519). Ed. Arye Maimon et al. Yacov Guggenheim. Part 1 (Tübingen 1987): Local articles Bleiburg, Bozen, Brixen, Bruck ad Mur, Cilli, Feldkirch, Friedau, Friesach, Glurns, Graz, Hall, Hallein, Hartberg, Innsbruck, Judenburg, Klagenfurt, Laibach, Latsch, Leoben, Lienz. Part 2 (Tübingen 1995): Local articles Marburg / Drau, Meran, Murau, Pettau, Radkersburg, Rovereto, Salzburg, St. Veit, Strasbourg (Carinthia), Trient, Unterdrauburg, Villach, Völkermarkt, Voitsberg, Windischfeistritz, Windischgraz, Wolfsberg. Part 3 (in press) Area articles Carinthia, Salzburg, Tyrol.
  • Jews and Christians as financiers in the high and late Middle Ages. In: The Jews in their medieval environment. Edited by Alfred Ebenbauer and Klaus Zatloukal, Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 1991, ISBN 3-205-05342-7 , pp. 281–299.
  • Gregor Mangolts “Last Hand Works”. On the relationship between the life and work of a Reformation chronicler from Constance. In: Yearbook of the Oswald von Wolkenstein Society. Volume 7, 1992/1993 [published 1994], pp. 343-375.
  • Money credit business in medieval Erfurt. In: Ulman Weiß (Ed.): Erfurt. History and present. Weimar 1995, pp. 439-458.
  • Pre- and posthumous penance as a “reinsurance contract” with the Church? Usurers in the Middle Ages in search of the way to salvation. In: Markus J. Wenninger (Ed.): Du guoter tôt. Dying in the Middle Ages - ideal and reality. Files of the Friesach Academy “City and Culture in the Middle Ages”, Friesach (Carinthia), 19. – 23. Sept. 1994 (= series of publications by the Friesach Academy. Volume 3). Klagenfurt 1998, pp. 237-254.
  • The importance of Jewish financiers for the Counts of Cilli and vice versa. In: Rolanda Fugger Germadnik (ed.): The Counts of Cilli, old topic - new knowledge. Celje 1999, pp. 143-164.

As editor:

  • ASHKENAS. Journal of the History and Culture of the Jews. Vol. 1 (1991) ff. (Together with J. Friedrich Battenberg, from 6 / year 1996 with Hans Otto Horch).
  • you guoter tôt. Dying in the Middle Ages - ideal and reality. Files of the Friesach Academy “City and Culture in the Middle Ages”, Friesach (Carinthia), 19.-23. Sept. 1994. Klagenfurt 1998 (= series of publications by the Friesach Academy 3).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e The section is based on: Short biography of Markus Wenninger ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Wenninger, Markus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wenninger, Markus J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Kematen on the Krems