Michael's legacy

Michael Erbe (born September 6, 1940 in Berlin ) is a German historian .

Michael Erbe graduated from the French Gymnasium in Berlin in 1959 and then studied history and classical philology at the Free University of Berlin. After completing his doctorate in medieval history at the Free University of Berlin (FU) in 1967, he became assistant professor for modern history there in 1970 and completed his habilitation in 1974 with a biography of the Dutch-French humanist François Baudouin (also spelled: Bauduin) in modern history .

From 1975 to 1989 he held a professorship for European history of the early modern period at the Free University of Berlin, and from 1985 to 1989 he was the first vice-president of this university. From 1989 until his retirement in 2005 he was a full professor for modern history at the University of Mannheim .

He is a member of the Historical Commission in Berlin . His main areas of research are modern western European history with a focus on constitutional, social, religious and intellectual history.

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Monographs

Versailles. Splendor and misery at the court of the Sun King. Primus Verlag, Darmstadt 2012, ISBN 978-3-89678-834-4 , also at the Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2012, ISBN 978-3-534-23182-9 . Audiobook version: Wiss. Buchges. auditorium maximum, ISBN 978-3-654-60209-7 .
From Leibniz to Einstein. Three centuries of science in Berlin . wjs-Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-937989-60-0 .
Belgium, Luxembourg. Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-57851-9 (= The Germans and their Neighbors ).
Early modern times . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-17-018973-7 (= basic history course ).
Revolutionary shock and renewed equilibrium. International Relations 1785–1830. (= Handbook of the History of International Relations , Vol. 5). Schöningh, Paderborn 2004, ISBN 3-506-73725-2 .
The Habsburgs. A dynasty in the empire and in Europe . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-17-011866-8 (= Urban pocket books , vol. 454).
Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg. History of the Netherlands. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-17-010976-6 .
Otto Hintze. 1861-1940 . Parey-Verlag, Hamburg 1987 (special edition).
German history 1713–1790. Dualism and enlightened absolutism. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-17-008351-1 .
History of France from the Great Revolution to the Third Republic. 1789-1884 . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-17-007769-4 .
For more recent French social history research. The group around the "Annales". Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1979, ISBN 3-534-07551-X (= income from research , vol. 110).
François Bauduin. Biography of a humanist. Mohn, Gütersloh 1978, ISBN 3-579-04307-2 (plus habilitation thesis, FU Berlin, 1974).
Studies on the development of the Lower Church system in Eastern Saxony from the 8th to the 12th century (= Studies on Germania Sacra , Vol. 9). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1969 (also dissertation, FU Berlin, 1967).

Editorships

Series basic course history. so far 5 volumes, Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2006–2011:
- Antiquity. 2006, ISBN 3-17-018971-9 .
- The European Middle Ages.
  - Volume 1: Basic Structures - Migration of Nations - Franconian Empire. 2006, ISBN 3-17-018972-7 .
  - Volume 2 : Rulership and Empires: 900–1500. 2006, ISBN 3-17-019719-3 .
- Early modern age. 2007, ISBN 978-3-17-018973-7 .
- The 19th century (1789–1914). 2011, ISBN 978-3-17-018974-4 .
- Global history of the 20th century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-17-018975-1 .
Alsace. Historical landscape through the ages. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-17-015771-X .
Lateral thinking. Dissent and tolerance in the course of history. Festschrift for the 65th birthday of Hans R. Guggisberg. Palatium-Verlag, Mannheim 1996, ISBN 3-920671-23-6 .
Humanities scholar (= Berlinische Lebensbilder , Vol. 4). Colloquium-Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-7678-0728-9 .
From the consulate to the empire libéral. Selected texts on French constitutional history, 1799–1870 . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1985, ISBN 3-534-08598-1 .
Friedrich Meinecke today. Report on a memorial colloquium on the 25th anniversary of his death on 5./6. April 1979 . Colloquium-Verlag, Berlin 1981, ISBN 3-7678-0507-3 .
Parish church and village. Selected sources on the history of the Lower Church system in north-west and central Germany from the 8th to the 16th century. Mohn, Gütersloh 1973, ISBN 3-579-04445-1 (= texts on the history of the church and theology , vol. 19).
Sources on the Germanic conversion history. 5th to 8th centuries. Mohn Gütersloh 1971, ISBN 3-579-04440-0 (= texts on the history of the church and theology , vol. 15).

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personal data
SURNAME	Inheritance, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German historian
DATE OF BIRTH	September 6, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin