Thomas Scharff (historian)

Thomas Scharff (born October 5, 1963 in Uelzen ) is a German historian of medieval history.

Thomas Scharff studied Protestant theology in Oberursel in 1984/85 and from 1985 to 1992 in Münster the subjects of Middle and Ancient History, Egyptology and Philosophy. In 1992 he did his doctorate with Hagen Keller on the subject of persecuting heretics and writing. The effect of the heretic laws on the northern Italian municipal statutes in the 13th century . From 1994 to 2003 Scharff was assistant and senior assistant at the historical seminar in Münster. In 2000 his habilitation took place with the thesis The Struggles of Rulers and Saints. War and historical memory in the Carolingian era . He has been Professor of Medieval History in Braunschweig since 2003 .

His main research interests are heresy and the inquisition , medieval literary culture , historiography in the early Middle Ages, the forms and representation of medieval royal rule and the reception of the Middle Ages in modern times.

Fonts

Monographs

• The struggles of rulers and saints: war and historical memory in the Carolingian era. Darmstadt 2002, ISBN 3-534-15990-X . ( Review )
• Persecution of Heretics and Written Form: The Effect of Heretic Laws on Upper Italian Municipal Statutes in the 13th Century. Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 3-631-31414-0 .

Editorships

• together with Thomas Behrmann : Bene vivere in communitate: Contributions to the Italian and German Middle Ages; Hagen Keller presented by his students on his 60th birthday. Münster 1997, ISBN 3-89325-470-6 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Thomas Scharff in the catalog of the German National Library
• Publications by Thomas Scharff in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii
• Page from Thomas Scharff at the University of Braunschweig
• Interview with Thomas Scharff