Reinhold Pauli (historian)

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Reinhold Pauli (born May 25, 1823 in Berlin , † June 3, 1882 in Bremen ) was a German historian who dealt primarily with English history .

Early years

His father was a Protestant preacher in Berlin. The mother came from a merchant family. As a protest against the government in the agendas dispute , the father and his family moved to Bremen. Reinhold Pauli also grew up there. For the last two school years he switched to the Friedrich-Wilhelm Gymnasium in Berlin. There he began studying in 1842 with a focus on philology and history . He was particularly impressed by Leopold von Ranke and, after moving to Bonn, Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann . In Bonn he joined the Corps Rhenania . In 1846 he finished his studies with a doctorate to become Dr. phil.

Years in the UK

After that he intended to become a teacher. Instead, he accepted a position as a tutor in Glasgow in 1847. He was already interested in the English language and literature in Germany. Since then, researching English history has become his life. In Great Britain he changed his place of residence several times over the next eight years, but the focus of his life was London. In 1850 he accepted the position of private secretary with the Prussian ambassador Christian Karl Josias von Bunsen for two years .

He finally gave up the position in order to be able to pursue his research undisturbed. His first major work appeared in 1851: “ King Aelfred and his passage in the history of England,” which he dedicated to Bunsen. In the figure of the king he saw a savior, which he also wished for Germany in view of the political division. The work was quickly translated into English and received a positive response from critics in Germany as well. Johann Martin Lappenberg , prevented from continuing his work by an eye disease, gave Pauli the continuation of his history of England. Volumes 3–5, published between 1853 and 1858, are by Pauli. The volumes cover the period between 1154 and 1509. The lack of published sources prompted him to sift through the original manuscripts himself. He could also take into account the archives of the Tower. In addition to the closer political history, developments in constitutional law and international trade also play a role in his presentation. The volumes of the history of England form the main work of Pauli. Some of his source work appeared later in the Monumenta Germaniae Historica .

University professor in Germany

He left England in the summer of 1855 and initially went to Bonn as a private lecturer. At the invitation of the Bavarian King Maximilian , he spent the winter of 1856/57 in the circle gathered around him. At Easter 1857 he moved to Rostock as a full professor . There he started a family, but soon lost his wife again through death. In 1859 he moved to Tübingen because he hoped there would be better opportunities to work and work. There he married the sister of his late wife with whom he had four daughters.

His teaching activity left him no time to continue the history of England beyond the sixteenth century. His plan to write a history of the time of Henry VIII also failed. The fragment “The Beginnings of Henry VIII” was later published from his estate. Instead, a few smaller works were published, the first edition of which appeared in 1860 under the title "Pictures from Old England". Then he devoted himself to the story of Simon von Montfort as the “creator of the house of the common,” which he dedicated to Ranke on the occasion of his fiftieth doctoral jubilee. The book was published in 1867.

Then he turned back to a larger project. Salomon Hirzel won him for the series "State History of Modern Times" to contribute the history of England. Paul presented three volumes, which appeared in 1864, 1867 and 1875. They cover the period from 1815 to 1852. He was also able to fall back on previously unpublished material such as the reports of the Prussian ambassador von Bülow, the estate of Bunsen and letters from Richard Cobden .

In 1866 he publicly sided with the Prussian side during the war . In the Prussian yearbooks he published the essay "Württemberg and the Federal Catastrophe." The Württemberg Minister of Education then opened disciplinary proceedings against Pauli. With the same salary, he was transferred to an evangelical seminar. Pauli then asked for his release.

In the spring of 1867 he received a call to Marburg . He also represented this university in the Prussian mansion . His "Essays on English History" were also written during the Marburg period. They appeared in 1869. In 1870 he moved to Göttingen. The library, which is well equipped for English history, also played a role. In addition to working on his scientific works, he published numerous articles for English and German magazines and compilations. The founding of the Hanseatic History Association prompted him not only to deal again with the economic relations of the Hanseatic cities with England, but also became active as a member of the board of directors and as an employee of the "Hanseatic History Papers" in the association. In Göttingen he began to dedicate himself to the acquisition of the English crown by the House of Hanover.

Pauli played an important role as a mediator between English and German history. Outside of science, too, he saw himself as a mediator between the two countries.

Since 1857 he was a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . In 1875 he was elected a full member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . In the year of his death in 1882, he became a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .

Works

  • King Alfred and his place in the history of England . Berlin, 1851 digitized
  • The Hansische Stahlhof in London . Bremen: Strack, 1856 lecture as e-book
  • Simon of Montfort, Earl of Leicester, creator of the House of Commons . Tübingen: Laupp, 1867 digitized
  • Pictures from old England . Gotha: FA Perthes, digitized around 1860
  • General history of states. Stuttgart: Perthes part dept. 1., history of the European states, work 9., history of England, vol. 3., to 1272, 1853, digitized vol. 4., to 1399, 1855, vol. 5., to 1509, 1858
  • Essays on English History . Leipzig, 1869
  • Bishop Grosseteste and Adam von Marsh . Tubingen, 1864
  • History of England since the peace treaties of 1814 and 1815 . Leipzig, Hirzel
    • Part 1: From d. Battle of Waterloo until the death of George IV , 1864
    • Part 2: The Whig Period from 1830-41 , 1867 digitized
    • Part 3 Free Trade and Manchester School 1841-52 , 1875
  • The libell of Englishe policye: 1436 . With a historical introduction by Reinhold Pauli. Leipzig: Hirzel, 1878
  • Monumenta Germaniae historica Ex rerum Anglicarum scriptoribus saec. XIII . 1888
  • Monumenta Germaniae historica Ex rerum Anglicarum scriptoribus saec. XII. et XIII . 1885
  • Memoirs of life, compiled from letters and diaries by Elisabeth Pauli. Karras, Halle as 1895.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 15 , 318
  2. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 186.
  3. ^ Members of the previous academies. Georg Reinhold Pauli. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed March 20, 2017 .

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personal data
SURNAME Pauli, Reinhold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION historian
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1882
Place of death Bremen