Ernst Bernheim

Ernst Bernheim ( born February 19, 1850 in Hamburg, † March 3, 1942 in Greifswald ) was a German historian. He taught from 1883 to 1921 as a professor at the University of Greifswald.

Life and achievements

After attending school and high school in Hamburg Bernheim studied at the Friedrich- Wilhelms- University of Berlin and the Ruprecht -Karls- University of Heidelberg. In 1873 he earned his doctorate at the University of Strasbourg at Georg Waitz. In 1875 he habilitated at Julius Weizsäcker at the Georg-August -Universität Göttingen. In 1883 he was appointed professor of medieval history and historical auxiliary sciences at the University of Greifswald, taught at the until his retirement in 1921. In 1899 he was rector of the University of Greifswald. Bernheim from 1886 on from Judaism to Protestantism.

Bernheim became famous for his textbook on historical method and the philosophy of history, which first appeared in 1889 and in which he deals with various methods of historical science. Bernheim was in extensive correspondence with Henri Pirenne and Karl Lamprecht. Among the historians of students around the turn of the century has long been a collection of documents to the German constitutional history, which was drafted in collaboration with Wilhelm Altmann, a very useful reference.

Writings (selection )

  • Historical research and philosophy of history. Publisher of Robert Peppmüller, Göttingen 1880 urn: . Nbn: de: gbv :9 -g- 3133951 ( digitized in the Digital Library of Mecklenburg- Vorpommern)
  • Textbook of historical method and philosophy of history. 1889th Edition 1903 Internet Archive; Issue 1908: Internet Archive
  • Local history and local history in its significance for science and education. In: Pomeranian yearbooks. Volume 1, 1900, pp. 15-32.
  • The Concordat of Worms and his Vorurkunden regarding development, formulation, validity. Breslau 1906 ( reprint: Scientia Verlag Aalen, 1970, ISBN 3-511-04081-7 ).
  • . Choice of European constitutional documents 1791-1871 Bruncken, Greifswald 1910 urn:. Nbn: de: gbv :9 -g- 4881067 ( digitized in the Digital Library of Mecklenburg- Vorpommern)
  • Selected documents for non-German constitutional history since 1776, 2nd enlarged edition (1913 )
  • Selected instruments of Brandenburg- Prussian constitutional and administrative history, first part 15th - 18th Century, 2nd greatly enlarged edition (1914 )
  • Selected instruments of Brandenburg- Prussian constitutional and administrative history, Part 2 1806-1849, 2nd greatly enlarged edition (1915 )
  • Introduction to the science of history. Goschen, Leipzig 1905 ( Sammlung Goschen, Vol 270; shortened reproduction of Bernheim's textbook ). Issue 1907: Internet Archive
  • Medieval time views in their influence on politics and history. Tübingen 1918 ( reprint: Scientia Verlag Aalen 1964).
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