Michael Matheus

Michael Matheus (born March 27, 1953 in Graach an der Mosel ) is a German historian .

Michael Matheus studied history, political science and German at the universities of Trier , Bonn and Münster after graduating from the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium (Trier) . After the state examination, he received his doctorate in Trier in 1981 with the thesis Trier at the end of the Middle Ages . He then worked as a research assistant for medieval history at the University of Trier.

From 1986 to 1988 Matheus was a fellow of the DFG and at the German Historical Institute in Rome . In 1990 his habilitation took place at the University of Trier for Medieval History and Historical Regional Studies. In 1990/91 he worked as a guest lecturer at the DHI in Rome and as a lecturer at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” . After working as a university lecturer at the University of Trier, he became professor for medieval history at the University of GHS Essen in 1993 . From 1994 to 2018 Michael Matheus taught and researched as Professor of Medieval and Modern History and Comparative State History at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz . From 1994 to 2003 he was chairman and director of the Institute for Historical Regional Studies at the University of Mainz . From October 2002 to September 2012 he was director of the German Historical Institute in Rome . From October 2012 to September 2018 he was again professor and head of the Department of Medieval and Modern History and Comparative National History at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.

Since September 2011 he has also been a member of the board of directors of the Roman Institute of the Görres Society (RIGG). In 2013 he took over the chairmanship of the German Study Center in Venice .

His main research interests are comparative studies of Germany and Italy in the high and late Middle Ages: the history of rural and urban settlements, wine history, education and university history, transport and trade history, the history of hospitals and welfare institutions, the history of pilgrims, the history of national research cultures in European comparison, Christians and Muslims in southern Italy, the papacy, the curia and Rome in the Renaissance. A festschrift was dedicated to him on his 60th birthday.

Fonts (selection)

A complete list of his writings is available on the homepage of the Regional History Department of the University of Mainz.

Monographs

Trier at the end of the Middle Ages. Studies on the economic, social and constitutional history of the city of Trier from the 14th to the 16th century (= Trier historical research. Vol. 5). Trier 1984, ISBN 3-923087-04-7 .
Alma Mater Treverensis. The "old" University of Trier from 1473-1798. Catalog for the exhibition on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the University of Trier. Trier 1980.
Harbor cranes. On the history of a medieval machine on the Rhine and its tributaries from Strasbourg to Düsseldorf (= Trier historical research. Vol. 9). THF, Trier Historical Research Publishing House, Trier 1985, ISBN 3-923087-08-X .
Germania in Italia. Incontri fra storici nel contesto internazionale. Unione Internazionale degli Istituti di Archeologia, Storia e Storia dell'Arte in Roma, Rome 2015, ISBN 978-88-98252-00-8 .

Editorships

Co-editor of the series Die Päpste , Schnell & Steiner Verlag, Regensburg (2016/2017)
Co-editor of the series Contributions to the History of the Jews in Rhineland-Palatinate . Publications of the Institute for Historical Regional Studies at the University of Mainz e. V. (from 2016)
Historical country studies . Publications of the Institute for Historical Regional Studies at the University of Mainz, Vol. 42 (1995) to Vol. 50 (2000), Vol. 52 (2001); Vol. 55 (2002); from vol. 71 (2014)
Studi . Series of publications by the German Study Center in Venice / Centro Tedesco di Studi Veneziani, New Series (from Volume XIII)
Mainz lectures. Lecture series by the Institute for Historical Regional Studies at the University of Mainz, Franz Steiner, Stuttgart
Co-editor of the series of monographs on the history of the Middle Ages. Anton Hiersemann, Stuttgart (2007-2016)
Co-editor of the Journal of Medieval History. Elsevier, London (from 2007)
Library of the German Historical Institute in Rome. Max Niemeyer, Tübingen from vol. 105 to vol. 129 (2003-2014)
Ricerche dell'Istituto Storico Germanico di Roma. Viella, Rome from vol. 1 to vol. 9 (2007-2013)
Sources and research from Italian archives and libraries. Max Niemeyer, Tübingen from vol. 82 to vol. 92 (2002–2012)

literature

Anna Esposito (Ed.): Trier - Mainz - Rome. Stations, fields of activity, networks. Festschrift for Michael Matheus on his 60th birthday. Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-7954-2763-4 .

Web links

Remarks

↑ Michael Matheus: Trier at the end of the Middle Ages. Studies on the social, economic and constitutional history of the city of Trier from the 14th to the 16th century. Trier 1984.
↑ List of publications by Michael Matheus

personal data
SURNAME	Matheus, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German historian
DATE OF BIRTH	March 27, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Graach on the Moselle

[1] Michael Matheus: Trier at the end of the Middle Ages. Studies on the social, economic and constitutional history of the city of Trier from the 14th to the 16th century. Trier 1984.

[2] List of publications by Michael Matheus