Winfried Becker (historian)

Winfried Becker (born November 2, 1941 in Merzig ) is a German historian .

Becker studied history and German in Saarbrücken . After the first state examination in 1967, he continued his studies at the University of Bonn . There he was awarded a doctorate by Konrad Repgen in 1971 with a study on the Electoral Council. phil. PhD . 1979 followed at the University of Regensburg with a thesis inspired by Dieter Albrecht on Georg von Hertling, the habilitation in modern and recent history. From 1967 to 1972 he was a research assistant at the Association for Research into Modern History in Bonn, from 1973 to 1977 assistant at the historical seminar of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , from 1977 to 1979 assistant at the historical seminar at the University of Regensburg and from 1980 to 1980 1983 research assistant at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Sankt Augustin . In 1984 he was appointed to the chair for modern and contemporary history at the University of Passau . In 2007 he retired. Becker is a member of the scientific advisory board of the Commission for Contemporary History .

Fonts (selection)

The Electoral Council. Main features of its development in the imperial constitution and its position at the Westphalian peace congress . Aschendorff, Münster 1973.
"Divine Word", "Divine Right", "Divine Justice". The politicization of theological terms? In: Revolt and Revolution in Europe. Lectures and minutes of the International Symposium in Memory of the Peasants' War in 1525 (Memmingen, March 24-27, 1975). Edited by Peter Blickle . Munich 1975 (= historical magazine . New series. Supplement 4).
Georg von Hertling 1843-1919. Youth and self-discovery between romance and Kulturkampf. Matthias Grünewald Verlag, Mainz 1981 ( online ).
CDU and CSU 1945–1950. Forerunner, foundation and regional development up to the emergence of the CDU federal party. Hase and Koehler, Mainz 1987.
Frederic von Rosenberg (1874–1937). Diplomat from the late Empire to the Third Reich, Foreign Minister of the Weimar Republic. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2011.

Bernhard Löffler / Karsten Ruppert (ed.): Religious imprint and political order in modern times. Festschrift for Winfried Becker on his 65th birthday. Böhlau, Cologne 2006.