Robert E. Lerner

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Robert Earl Lerner (born February 8, 1940 in New York City ) is an American historian and professor emeritus of medieval history at Northwestern University .

Lerner studied at the University of Chicago (BA) and received his doctorate in 1964 under Joseph R. Strayer at Princeton University .

Lerner's main areas of research include medieval heresies , apocalyptics, and millenarianism . He has also dealt with a number of topics from medieval religious and intellectual history. His main works are Heresy of the Free Spirit in the Later Middle Ages (1972), The Powers of Prophecy (1983) and The Feast of Saint Abraham (2001). Among other things, the following have been published in German: Prophecies about the Popes (1985) and New Directions in the High and Late Medieval Bible Exegesis (1996).

Frequently cited contributions by Lerner include “Refreshment of the Saints” (1976) and “Ecstatic Dissent” (1992). He was also the co-author of a textbook on Western civilization translated into several languages.

Lerner is a member of the Medieval Academy of America and the American Academy in Rome . He has received awards from the Guggenheim Foundation , the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the Historisches Kolleg in Munich and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC In 1996 he was honored with the Max Planck Research Award.

Lerner was visiting professor at many American and European universities, including the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, the Free University of Berlin and the universities of Oxford , Heidelberg , and Florence . He is an active member of the editorial board of a number of historical magazines.

In 2017, Lerner published a biography of the medieval historian Ernst Kantorowicz and has since been working on an edition of sources from the time of the Western Schism .

Lerner is married with two children and lives in Evanston , Illinois .

Major works

  • The Heresy of the Free Spirit in the Later Middle Ages. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1972. Revised edition: Notre Dame, Ind .: University of Notre Dame Press, 1991.
  • As co-author: Western Civilizations: Their History and Their Culture. New York, NY: WW Norton & Company, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1993, 1998.
  • The Powers of Prophecy: The Cedar of Lebanon Vision from the Mongol Onslaught to the Dawn of the Enlightenment. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983. Reprint: Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2009.
  • With Robert Moynihan: Prophecies about the Popes . Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 1985.
  • With C. Morerod-Fattebert: Johannes de Rupescissa , Liber secretorum eventuum: Edition critique, traduction et introduction historique , Friborg, Switzerland: Editions Universitaires 1994.
  • Refrigerio dei santi . Viella, Rome 1995.
  • Heavenly vision or delirium of the senses? Franciscans and professors as interpreters of dreams in Paris in the 13th century (= writings of the Historical College. Lectures. Volume 39). Historisches Kolleg Foundation, Munich 1995 ( digitized version ).
  • New directions in the high and late medieval biblical exegesis (= writings of the historical college. Colloquia 32). Munich 1996, XII, 191 pages ( digitized version )
  • As editor: New directions in the high and late medieval biblical exegesis . Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 1996.
  • The Feast of Saint Abraham: The Joachite Millennium and the Jews. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001. Italian translation: La festa di sant'Abramo (Viella, Rome 2002).
  • Scrutare il futuro: L'eredità di Gioacchino da Fiore alla fine del Medioevo . Viella, Rome 2008.
  • Ernst Kantorowicz. A life. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b International Who's Who of Authors and Writers. 23rd edition. Europa Publications, London 2008, p. 433.
  2. ^ People: Robert E. Lerner . Northwestern University. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  3. ^ Traditio , Index of Articles by Author / H - 0 . Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 27, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fordham.edu
  4. ↑ Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies vol. 50, 1975 - vol. 83, 2008 / Speculum 67, 1992 . Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  5. ^ Medieval Academy of America: Fellows . Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  6. ^ American Academy in Rome: Society of Fellows, Member Directory, 1970-1989 / 1984 . Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  7. ^ John Simon Guggenheim Foundation - Robert E. Lerner. In: gf.org. Retrieved February 13, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Historisches Kolleg, Munich: Fellows / Robert E. Lerner . Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  9. ↑ École des hautes études en sciences sociales: Enseignants invités / Conférences de Robert Lerner . Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  10. ^ Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg: Theoretical reflection and social experience / symposium in the International Science Forum of the University of Heidelberg, Hauptstrasse 242 (July 14-15, 2003) . Archived from the original on November 12, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 27, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uni-heidelberg.de
personal data
SURNAME Lerner, Robert E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lerner, Robert Earl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American historian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City