Wolfgang Hartung (historian)

Wolfgang Hartung (born June 19, 1946 in Weiler-Simmerberg ) is a German historian and adjunct professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen , who mainly deals with the social history of the southwestern medieval Holy Roman Empire .

Wolfgang Hartung studied history, Romance studies, German studies and sociology and was in Munich in 1971 with an economic and social history oriented work of the city Lindenberg im Allgäu doctorate . From 1974 he taught history of the Middle Ages and the early modern period at the University of Duisburg and is chairman of the Memmingen Forum for Swabian Regional History .

Hartung's work focuses on the formation of the Alemanni and Baiern tribes , the structure of the early medieval nobility , the history of Vorarlberg and the Western Allgäu and the society of the Middle Ages and early modern times , in particular poverty and marginalized social groups .

Fonts

• Social marginalized groups in the late Middle Ages. Phenomenon and concept. In: Bernhard Kirchgäßner , Fritz Reuter (ed.): Urban fringe groups and minorities (= city ​​in history. Vol. 13). Sigmaringen 1986, pp. 49-114.
• Lindenberg in the Allgäu. Manorial, social and economic structures from the beginnings to the 20th century. Dissertation, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich , 1971 ( content, PDF ).
• Southern Germany in the early Merovingian period. Studies on society, rule, tribal formation among Alemanni and Bavarians. Franz Steiner, Wiesbaden 1983, ISBN 3515034188 (2nd edition 1998, ISBN 9783515034180 ).
• with Joachim Jahn , Immo Eberl : Upper German cities in comparison. Middle Ages and Early Modern Times. Regio Verlag Glock and Lutz, 1989, ISBN 978-3-8235-6112-5 .
• Edited with Alois Niederstätter : Elites in pre-industrial Vorarlberg (= investigations into the structural history of Vorarlberg. Vol. 3). Dornbirn 1994.
• The origin of the Guelphs from Alemannia. In: Karl-Ludwig Ay , Joachim Jahn , Lorenz Maier (eds.): Die Welfen. Regional historical aspects of their rule (= Forum Suevicum. Vol. 2). UVK, Konstanz 1998, ISBN 3-87940-598-0 , pp. 23-55 ( digital copy , PDF ).
• The 11th century as the “era of new beginnings” in Europe. In: Dirk Ansorge , Dieter Geuenich , Wilfried Loth (Hrsg.): Waymarks of European civilization. Göttingen 2001, pp. 50-73.
• The minstrels in the Middle Ages. Jugglers, poets, musicians. Artemis and Winkler, Düsseldorf 2003, ISBN 3538071632 ( review note at Perlentaucher ).
• The Alemanni. From the Migration Period to the Carolingian Age (= Beck'sche Reihe. Vol. 2325). Beck, Munich 2008, ISBN 9783406480256 .
• Poverty and marginality. Children Between Care and Discipline in the Early Modern Age. In: Documenta Pragensia . ISSN  0231-7443 , Vol. 31, 2012, pp. 495-520.

literature

• Short biography. In: Andreas Kurz (Hrsg.): Year book of the district of Lindau. Wilfried Eppe, Bergatreute 1998, ISBN 3-89089-048-2 .
• Vademecum of the historical sciences . 3rd edition 1998, p. 380.

Web links

• Persons in the historical institute: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hartung. In: Uni-Due.de .
• Literature by and about Wolfgang Hartung in the catalog of the German National Library
• Publications by Wolfgang Hartung in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii