Peter Ilisch

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Peter Ilisch (born April 28, 1947 in Billerbeck ) is a German historian and numismatist . His younger brother, also a numismatist, is Lutz Ilisch .

Life

Peter Ilisch studied history , historical auxiliary sciences (with a focus on numismatics ) and folklore at the University of Münster . In 1971 he completed his first degree as a Magister Artium with a thesis on the older agricultural history of the Billerbeck parish . This was followed by a scientific traineeship at the Westphalian State Museum in Münster. In 1974 he did his doctorate under Peter Berghaus on the topic of coin finds and money circulation in Westphalia in the Middle Ages and modern times . Activities at the Rijksmuseum Twenthe in Enschede (Netherlands) and in the editorial team of the Numismatic News Gazette followed. As part of a research project, in 1977/78 he worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Religious Folklore at the University of Münster.

From 1979 to 2012 Ilisch was a scientific advisor responsible for the coin cabinet and the seal collection at the Westphalian State Museum in Münster . From 1980 to 2014 he was also one of the two representatives of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia in the Numismatic Commission of the States in the Federal Republic of Germany . In addition, Peter Ilisch is a full member of the Antiquities Commission for Westphalia and the Historical Commission for Westphalia (since 1998). In succession to Peter Berghaus , Ilisch has a teaching position for numismatics at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster. He is also a collaborator in the international project “Medieval European Coinage” at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge . The focus of work is on medieval and early modern numismatics as well as the regional history of the former duchy of Münster . He has published numerous articles on this in Germany and abroad.

From 2012 to 2018 Ilisch was a freelancer at the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), Institute for Archeology and Ethnology, in the project “Early Medieval Coin Finds from Poland”.

Awards

Fonts (selection)

  • Coin finds and money in circulation in Westphalia in the Middle Ages and modern times. Numismatic studies and list of finds in the administrative districts of Arnsberg and Münster (= publications of the Provincial Institute for Westphalian State and Folk Research of the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe. Series 1, 23). Aschendorff, Münster 1980, ISBN 3-402-06081-7 (At the same time: Münster, University, dissertation, 1974/1975: Coin finds and money in circulation in western Westphalia. ).
  • as editor with Thomas Fischer : Lagom. Festschrift for Peter Berghaus for his 60th birthday on November 20, 1979. Numismatischer Verlag der Münzenhandlung Dombrowski, Münster 1981, ISBN 3-921507-03-0 .
  • History of the parish of St. Bartholomäus Laer. Parish of St. Bartholomew, Laer 1985.
  • Coin treasure finds from Westphalia (= picture books of the Westphalian State Museum for Art and Cultural History. 30). Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, Münster 1991, ISBN 3-88789-103-1 .
  • with Christoph Kösters: The patron saints of Westphalia from the beginning to the end of the Old Kingdom (= Westfalia sacra. 11). Aschendorff, Münster 1992, ISBN 3-402-03838-2 .
  • The medieval coinage of the bishops of Münster (= numismatic writings of the Westphalian State Museum for Art and Cultural History Münster. 3). Westphalian State Museum for Art and Cultural History, among others, Münster 1994, ISBN 3-88789-117-1 .
  • The Rödinghausen coin treasure trove. Rödinghausen community, Rödinghausen 1997, ISBN 3-9801709-5-0 .
  • The coinage in the Duchy of Lower Lorraine.
    • I: The coinage in the Utrecht and Friesland areas in the 10th and 11th centuries. In: Jaarboek voor Munt- en Penningkunde. Vol. 84/85, 1997/1998, ISSN  0920-380X , pp. 1-272.
    • II: The coinage in southwestern Lower Lorraine and in Flanders in the 10th and 11th centuries. In: Jaarboek voor Munt- en Penningkunde. Vol. 100 Special, 2014.
  • The Fritzlar Colonia coinage of the 11th century (= contributions to coinage in Hessen-Kassel. 21). Numismatic Society Kassel 1956 eV, Kassel 2004, ISBN 3-00-015140-0 .
  • with Arnold Schwede : The coinage in the Corvey Abbey. 1541–1794 (= studies and sources on Westphalian history. 58 = publications of the Historical Commission for Westphalia. 11: Works on the money and coin history of Westphalia. 3). Bonifatius-Verlag, Paderborn 2007, ISBN 978-3-89710-382-5 .
  • as editor with Mateusz Bogucki and Stanisław Suchodolski : Early medieval coin finds from Poland.
    • Inventory. 4: Lesser Poland Silesia. Institute of Archeology and the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw 2013, ISBN 978-83-63760-19-9 .
    • Inventory. 3: Mazovia Podlachia Central Poland. Institute of Archeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw 2015, ISBN 978-83-63760-61-8 .
    • Inventory. 2: Pomerania. Institute of Archeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw 2016, ISBN 978-83-63760-84-7 .
    • Inventory. 1: Greater Poland. Institute of Archeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw 2017, ISBN 978-83-63760-84-7 .
  • Olfen (= Historical Atlas of Westphalian Cities. Vol. 3 = Publications of the Historical Commission for Westphalia. New Part 19). Ardey, Münster 2014, ISBN 978-3-87023-369-3 .
  • Metelen (= Historical Atlas of Westphalian Cities. Vol. 9 = Publications of the Historical Commission for Westphalia. New series 38). Ardey, Münster 2017, ISBN 978-3-87023-391-4 .

literature

  • Gerd Dethlefs, Arent Pol and Stefan Wittenbrink (eds.): Nummi Docent! Coins - Treasures - Finds. Festschrift for the 65th birthday of Peter Ilisch on April 28, 2012. Fritz Rudolf Künker, Osnabrück 2012, ISBN 978-3-941357-02-0 (with list of publications).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Stefan Kötz MA new state numismatist in Westphalia. Numismatic Commission of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany, May 2, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Ilisch, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and numismatist
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Billerbeck