Hubert Houben (historian)

Hubert Houben ( born February 4, 1953 in Heinberg ) is a German - Italian medieval historian.

Life

After studying Hubert Houben his doctorate in 1978 at the Albert- Ludwigs- University of Freiburg in Medieval Latin. From 1980 to 1983 he was Feodor Lynen Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the Institute for medieval and modern history of the Università del Salento in Lecce, where he thereafter has been working as a lecturer of German language and literature until 1988. After further research grants from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at St. John 's College, Oxford, he habilitated in 1992 at the University of Paderborn and was until 1994 professore associato at the University of Bologna, then to 2001 at the University of Lecce. Since 2001 he is full professor there of Medieval History at the Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences.

His research fields are the history of the European Middle Ages, with special consideration of the southern Italian and German history, the history of the medieval church with an emphasis on monasticism and orders of chivalry, Emperor Frederick II and the castles in southern Italy, medieval city of history and intercultural relations in the Mediterranean.

Since 1988, Hubert Houben has Italian citizenship, he is married and has one daughter.

Awards

  • 2007: Premio galleon ( Taranto ) " in recognition of his significant scientific contributions and for his research on the history of Taranto "
  • 2002: Frederick Price ( Premio Federichino ) the Fondazione Federico II ( Palermo), the Fondazione Federico II Hohenstaufen ( Jesi ) and the Society of Hohenstaufen history ( Göppingen) " for significant research and numerous, in-depth and excellent publications under Italian history in the Middle Ages, particularly on relations between Italy and Germany "
  • 2000: Premio Basilicata ( Potenza) for his work Roger II of Sicily

Writings

Monographs

  • St. Blasianer manuscripts of the 11th and 12th centuries. With special consideration of Ochsenhauser monastery library ( = Munich contributions to Medieval and Renaissance research. Vol. 30). Arbeo Society, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-920128-31-1.
  • The Abbey Venosa and Monasticism in Norman- Hohenstaufen Southern Italy ( = Library of the German Historical Institute in Rome. Vol. 80). Niemeyer, Tübingen, 1995, ISBN 3-484-82080-2 ( same time: Paderborn, University, habilitation font, 1992: monasticism, rule and society in the Norman- Hohenstaufen southern Italy, with particular reference to the abbey Venosa. ).
  • Roger II of Sicily. Ruler between East and West. ( = Figures of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance ). University Press, Darmstadt 1997, ISBN 3-534-23113-9 (2nd, bibliographic fully updated and expanded edition ibid. 2010, ISBN 978-3-534-23113-3. ); (in Italian: . Ruggero II di Sicilia Un tra Oriente e Occidente sovrano ( Centro Europeo di Studi = Norman collana di Fonti e Studi Vol 8) Laterza, Roma, inter alia, 1999, ISBN 88-420-5900-5. .. ); ( in English:. Roger II of Sicily A Ruler Between East and West ( Cambridge Medieval Textbooks = ) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2002, ISBN 0-521-65208-1. ).
  • Emperor Frederick II ( 1194-1250 ). Ruler, Man and Myth ( = carbon hammer Urban paperbacks. Vol. 618). Carbon hammer, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-17-018683-5 ( Review ).
  • The Normans ( = Beck series 2755 CH Beck knowledge. ). Beck, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-406-63727-8.

Collections of articles

  • Medioevo monastico meridional ( = Nuovo Medioevo. Vol. 32). Editore Liguori, Naples, 1987, ISBN 88-207-1545-7.
  • Tra Roma e Palermo. Aspetti e momenti del Mezzogiorno medioevale ( = Università degli Studi di Lecce. Pubblicazioni del Dipartimento di Studi Storici dal Medioevo all'Età Contemporanea. Saggi e Ricerche 7 = 8 (the total number ) ). Congedo, Gala Tina, 1989, ISBN 88-7786-351- X.
  • Mezzogiorno normanno - svevo. Monasteri e castelli, ebrei e musulmani ( = Nuovo Medioevo. Vol. 52). Editore Liguori, Napoli 1996, ISBN 88-207-2624-6.

Source editions

  • Il " libro del capitolo " del Monastero Holy Trinity di Venosa ( Cod Casin. 334). Una testimonianza del Mezzogiorno normanno ( = Università degli Studi di Lecce. Dipartimento di Scienze e Storiche Sociali. Materiali e Documenti. Vol. 1, ZDB - ID 594688-8 ). Congedo, Tina Gala 1984.
  • Venosa in 1655. Un'anonima storia, descrizione e serie dei Vescovi nel lascito di Ughelli. Presentazione, indice dei nomi, dei luoghi e delle cose a cura di Antonio Capano. Appia 2 Editrice, Venosa 1997.
  • German Historical Institute in Rome (ed.): Documents on the History of Kastellbauten Emperor Frederick II and Charles I of Anjou. Volume 3: Abruzzo, Campania, Calabria and Sicily. On the basis of the material collected by E. Sthamer. Niemeyer, Tübingen 2006, ISBN 3-484-70042-4.
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