Richard Scholz (historian)

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Richard Scholz (born January 9, 1872 in Dresden , † February 6, 1946 in Leipzig ) was a German historian .

Richard Scholz received his doctorate in history at the University of Leipzig in 1896 with the thesis Contributions to the history of the financial sovereignty of the German king at the time of the first Hohenstaufen (1138–1197) . 1902 followed the habilitation for history in Leipzig with the work Aegidius in Rome . From 1902 to 1908 he taught as a private lecturer for history in Leipzig, from 1908 to 1937 he was a full professor for Middle and Modern History at the University of Leipzig. In November 1933 he signed the professors' declaration of Adolf Hitler at German universities and colleges .

Late medieval journalism in the form of political and ecclesiastical pamphlets was the focus of his research. He examined works by Aegidius Romanus , Marsilius of Padua or Wilhelm von Ockham . For the Monumenta Germaniae Historica he published the Defensor Pacis des Marsilius von Padua (1933) and the Planctus ecclesiae in Germaniam by Konrad von Megenberg (1941).

Fonts (selection)

  • (with Theodor Bitterauf and Rudolf Häpke ) Handbook of State History . Dept. 1., Europe; Sect. 5, 6., France, Netherlands-Belgium, Berlin 1922.
  • Contributions to the history of the sovereign rights of the German kings at the time of the first Hohenstaufen , 1896.
  • Journalism at the time of Philip the Fair and Boniface VIII , Stuttgart 1903.
  • Wilhelm von Ockham as a political thinker and his Breviloquium de principatu tyrannico , Leipzig 1944.

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personal data
SURNAME Scholz, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1946
Place of death Leipzig