Rainer Postel

Rainer Postel (born February 21, 1941 in Hamburg ) is a German historian .

Rainer Postel graduated from the Johanneum in 1960 and studied history and German at the universities of Munich and Hamburg in the following years . His academic teachers who shaped him were Jochen Bleicken , Franz Schnabel and Fritz Fischer . With Fritz Fischer he received his doctorate in 1970 on Johann Martin Lappenberg . In the same year he became assistant to Rainer Wohlfeil at the history seminar of the University of Hamburg. In 1982 he received his habilitation on the Reformation in Hamburg. In 1983 Postel became a professor in Hamburg and taught there in particular the early modern period. From 1994 until his retirement in spring 2007 he held the chair for early modern history, with special emphasis on social and economic history at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg.

His main research interests are the history of the Reformation, the constitution and law as well as the historiography in Hamburg, also in comparison to other Hanseatic cities. After his retirement, Postel will focus on the history of the late Hanseatic League. He was awarded the prestigious Lappenberg Medal by the Association for Hamburg History .

Fonts

Monographs

• The Reformation in Hamburg. 1517-1528. Gütersloh 1986, ISBN 3-579-01680-6 .
• Johann Martin Lappenberg. A contribution to the history of historical science in the 19th century. Lübeck 1972.

Editorships

• Reformation and Revolution. Contributions to political change and social forces at the beginning of the modern age; Festschrift for Rainer Wohlfeil on his 60th birthday. Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-515-05164-4 , correct ISBN 3-515-05164-3 .

literature

• Lars Jockheck (Ed.): Contributions to the history of Hamburg in the early modern period. Selected articles on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Hamburg 2006, ISBN 3-8258-9263-8 .
• Michael Hundt (ed.): History as an obligation. Hamburg, Reformation and Historiography. Festschrift for Rainer Postel on his 60th birthday. Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-89622-041-1 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Rainer Postel in the catalog of the German National Library