Wolfdieter Haas

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Wolfdieter Haas (born March 6, 1921 in Karlsruhe ) is a German medieval historian.

Life

Haas studied history and received his doctorate in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1949 ( studies on the relations of the Curia to countries and empires in the 9th century, with a special focus on relations with the East ). He then went to Rome for a study visit. In 2002 he published a book about the High Middle Ages (about the decisive epochal change around 1200 according to Haas), the history of the Pope in the 11th and 12th centuries, Friedrich Barbarossa and Heinrich the Lion.

He lives in Ramelsloh-Seevetal near Hamburg. His main occupation was a businessman and manager of a wine trade.

In 2006 he received the Brothers Grimm Medal from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences for his research on the Middle Ages.

Fonts

  • Friedrich Barbarossa and Heinrich the Lion when exchanging Badenweiler for Reichsgut am Harz (1158), Journal for the History of the Upper Rhine, Volume 131, 1983, pp. 253-269
  • Foris Apostolus - intus monachus; Ansgar as a monk and "Apostle of the North", Journal of Medieval History, Volume 11, 1985, pp. 1-30
  • Changing world. The High Middle Ages, Thorbecke Verlag 2002

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Reinhard Elze, Arnold Esch: The German Historical Institute in Rome, 1888-1988, De Gruyter 1990
personal data
SURNAME Haas, Wolfdieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medieval historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe