Paul Speck (Byzantinist)

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Paul Speck (born December 19, 1928 in Mönchengladbach , † August 18, 2003 in Berlin ) was a German Byzantinist .

Life

After graduating from high school in Bonn in 1948, he studied at the universities of Bonn ( doctorate in 1956, state examination in 1957), Cologne and Thessaloniki . After completing his habilitation in Munich in 1970, he worked there as a private and university lecturer until he became professor of Byzantine Studies at the Free University of Berlin in 1979 . There he founded the Poikila Byzantina series in 1981 . He retired in 1993.

Fonts (selection)

  • Theodoros Studites : Iambi on various objects . Berlin 1968, OCLC 875379376 , (= dissertation).
  • The Imperial University of Constantinople. Clarifications on the question of higher education in Byzantium in the 9th and 10th centuries . CH Beck, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-406-00414-8 .
  • The shared dossier. Observations on the news of the reign of Emperor Herakleios and that of his sons with Theophanes and Nikephorus . Habelt, Bonn 1988, ISBN 3-7749-2362-0 .
  • It's not me, it was Emperor Constantine. The legends of the influence of the devil, the Jew and the Muslim on iconoclasm . Habelt, Bonn 1990, ISBN 3-7749-2419-8 .
  • Contributions on the subject of Byzantine hostility towards the Jews in the early seventh century, along with an investigation on Anastasius the Persian . Habelt, Bonn 1997, ISBN 3-7749-2794-4 .
  • The interpolations in the acts of the Council of 787 and the Libri Carolini . Habelt, Bonn 1998, ISBN 3-7749-2879-7 .

literature

  • Sine titulo. Prolegomena to a commemorative publication for Paul Speck on the occasion of his 60th birthday . Berlin 1990, OCLC 165524053 .
  • Claudia Sode , Sarolta Takacs (ed.): Novum Millennium. Studies on Byzantine History and Culture Dedicated dedicated to Paul Speck, 19 December 1999 . Ashgate, Aldershot 2001, ISBN 0-7546-0424-1 .
  • Albrecht Berger : Paul Speck (1928-2003) . In: Südost-Forschungen 63–64, 2004, pp. 465–469.

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personal data
SURNAME Bacon, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Byzantinist
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Mönchengladbach
DATE OF DEATH August 18, 2003
Place of death Berlin