Walter Mettmann

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Walter Mettmann (born September 25, 1926 in Cologne ; † July 12, 2011 in Münster / Westphalia) was a German Romanist , Hispanic , Lusitanist and Medievalist .

life and work

Mettmann studied Romance languages ​​and Arabic at the University of Cologne . He received his doctorate there in 1953 under Fritz Schalk with the thesis Studies on the Religious Theater Tirso de Molinas (Cologne 1954) and was full professor for Romance Philology at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster from 1962 to 1991 .

Mettmann was co-editor of the journal Ibero-American Archives. Journal of the Ibero-American Research Institute at the University of Bonn . From 1974 he was a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen and from 1982 a member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts .

Publications (selection)

  • as editor: The Tristan novel . Tubingen 1962.
  • as editor: La historia de la donzella Teodor. A Spanish folk book of Arabic origin. Mainz 1962 (= treatises of the humanities and social sciences class of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz. Born 1962, No. 3).
  • as editor: Alfonso el Sabio , Cantigas de Santa Maria . 4 volumes. Coimbra 1959-1972; 3 volumes. Madrid 1986-1989.
  • The vernacular apologetic literature on the Iberian Peninsula in the Middle Ages. Opladen 1987.
  • as editor: Alfonso de Valladolid ( Abner von Burgos ) ,
    • "Ofrenda de zelos" (Minḥat Ḳĕnaʼot) and "Libro de la ley". Edition and commentary , Opladen 1990
    • Mostrador de justicia , 2 vols., Opladen 1994-1996
    • Tĕšuvot la-mĕharef. Spanish version , Opladen 1998.

literature

  • Manfred Lentzen, [Obituary], in: Romanische Forschungen 124, 2012, pp. 61–62

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personal data
SURNAME Mettmann, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Romanist, Hispanist, Lusitanist and Medievalist
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 2011
Place of death Muenster