Peter von Moos

Peter von Moos (born September 13, 1936 in Paris ) is a French Middle Latin philologist .

From 1969 to 1994 Peter von Moos was the head of the seminar for Middle Latin Philology at the University of Münster . Most of his publications on the “intellectual history” of the Middle Ages focus on communication phenomena (rhetoric, topics , consensus building, conceptual history, public, personal identity and identification) as well as literary genres and motifs (letter, dialogue, specimen, doctrines of decency). He has been a corresponding member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences since 1994 . Today he lives in Béon , France.

Fonts (selection)

• Hildebert von Lavardin (1056–1133). Humanitas on the threshold of the courtly age (= Paris historical studies. Vol. 3, ISSN  0479-5997 ). Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1965 (at the same time: Basel, university, dissertation, 1964; digitized version ).
• Consolatio. Studies on the Medieval Latin consolation literature about death and the problem of Christian mourning (= Münster medieval writings. Vol. 3, 1-4, ISSN  0178-0425 ). 4 volumes. Fink, Munich 1971–1972;
  • Volume 1: Presentation volume (= Münstersche medieval writings. Vol. 3, 1). 1971, ( digitized version );
  • Volume 2: Annotation volume (= Münster medieval writings. Vol. 3, 2). 1971, ( digitized version );
  • Volume 3: Testimonia volume (= Münster medieval writings. Vol. 3, 3). 1972, ( digitized version );
  • Volume 4: Index volume (= Münster medieval writings. Vol. 3, 4). 1972, ( digitized version ).
• Medieval research and ideology criticism. The scholars' dispute over Héloise (= critical information. 15, ISSN  0178-1634 ). Fink, Munich 1974.
• History as a topic. The rhetorical copy from antiquity to modern times and the historiae in the “Policraticus” of John of Salisbury (= Ordo. Vol. 2). Olms, Hildesheim et al. 1988, ISBN 3-487-09087-2 (2nd edition, ibid 1996).
• “Public” and “private” in the Middle Ages. On a problem of historical concept formation (= writings of the Philosophical-Historical Class of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences. Vol. 33). Winter, Heidelberg 2004, ISBN 3-8253-1668-8 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Peter von Moos in the catalog of the German National Library
• Personal page to Peter von Moos