Reinhold Pauli

Reinhold Pauli ( born May 25, 1823 in Berlin, † June 3, 1882 in Bremen ) was a German historian who dealt primarily with the English history.

Early years

His father was a Protestant preacher in Berlin. The mother came from a merchant family. In protest against the government in the agendas dispute the father moved with his family to Bremen. There also Reinhold Pauli grew up. For the last two school years, he moved to the Friedrich Wilhelm Gymnasium in Berlin. There he began in 1842 a study with emphasis on philology and historical sciences. Especially Leopold von Ranke and after the change of the university of Bonn Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann have impressed him. In Bonn he joined the Corps Rhenaniastraße. In 1846 he finished his studies with the PhD.

Years in the UK

After that he intended to become a teacher. Instead, he took in 1847 to a private tutor in Glasgow. Back in Germany he had been interested in the English language and literature. Since that time, the study of English history was his purpose in life. In the UK, he moved to the next eight years on several occasions his whereabouts, but his life focus was London. In 1850 he accepted the post of private secretary in the Prussian envoy Christian Karl Josias Bunsen for two years.

He gave the position finally back on in order to pursue his studies undisturbed can. In 1851, appeared as his first major work: "King Alfred and his place in the history of England, " which he dedicated to Bunsen. In the figure of the king, he saw a savior figure he wished, given the political division for Germany. The work was quickly translated into English and well received by the critics in Germany. Johann Martin Lappenberg prevented by an eye condition in the further work, Pauli entrusted the continuation of his History of England. The published 1853-1858 volumes 3-5 are from Pauli. The volumes cover the period 1154-1509. Lack of published sources led him to view the original manuscript itself. He could also take account of the archives of the Tower. In his presentation to play addition to closer political history of the constitutional developments and the international trade involved. The volumes of the history of England the main work Paulis. Its source work appeared in part later in the Monumenta Historica Germaniae.

University teacher in Germany

He left England in the summer of 1855 and went first as a lecturer in Bonn. The Winter 1856/57 he spent at the invitation of the Bavarian King Maximilian in which gathered around this circle. He moved to Easter 1857 as a full professor in Rostock. There he started a family, but lost by death his wife again soon. Since 1859, he moved to Tübingen, hoping there to better working and effect options. There he married the sister of his deceased wife, with whom he had four daughters.

In addition to teaching, no time made ​​him more the history of England over the 16th century also continue. His plan failed to write a history of the time of Henry VIII. From his estate was later the fragment " The beginnings of Henry VIII " was published. Instead, some minor works, which are summarized under the title "Pictures of Old England " published in the first edition appeared in 1860. He then devoted himself to the history of Simon de Montfort as the " Creator of the House of Commons, " which he dedicated to vine whose fifty years of their renewal. The book was published in 1867.

Then he went back to a larger project. Salomon Hirzel won it for the series " States history of modern time " contribute the history of England. Paul presented three volumes, published in 1864, 1867 and 1875. They cover the period from 1815 to 1852. He was able also to previously unpublished material as the reports of the Prussian Minister von Bulow, the estate of Bunsen or letters from Richard Cobden to fall back.

In 1866 he has publicly during the war on the Prussian side. In the Prussian yearbooks he published the essay " Württemberg and the German catastrophe. " The Württemberg Minister of Education then opened disciplinary proceedings against Paul. For the same salary he was transferred to an evangelical seminary. Pauli asked out for his dismissal.

In the spring of 1867 he was called to Marburg. This university he represented also in the Prussian House of Lords. In the Marburg time came his " Essays on English history. " They appeared in 1869., He moved to Göttingen in 1870. Here, the well-equipped for the English history library played a role. Besides working on his scientific works he has published numerous articles for English and German journals and collective works. The founding of the Hanseatic Historical Association led him not only to deal again with the economic relations of the Hanseatic towns with England, but has been active as a board member and employee of the " Hanseatic history sheets" in the club itself. He began to devote even with the acquisition of the English crown by the House of Hanover in Göttingen.

Pauli played an important role as a mediator between the English and German historiography. Also, except for scientific, he saw himself as a mediator between the two countries.

Works

• King Alfred and his place in the history of England. Berlin, 1851 Digitalisat
• The Hanseatic Steelyard in London. Bremen: Strack, 1856 lecture as eBook
• Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, the creator of the House of Commons. Tübingen: Laupp 1867 digitized
• Pictures of Old England. Gotha: FA Perthes, 1860 Digitalisat
• General States history. Stuttgart: Perthes part Dept. 1, History of European states work 9, History of England Vol 3, 1272 to 1853, digitized Vol 4, to 1399, 1855, Vol 5, to 1509, 1858
• Essays on English history. Leipzig, 1869
• Bishop Grosseteste and Adam Marsh. Tübingen, 1864
• History of England since the peace treaties of 1814 and 1815. Leipzig, Hirzel Part 1: From d Battle of Waterloo to the death of George IV, 1864
• Part 2: The Whig period of 1830-41, 1867 Digitalisat
• Part 3 Free trade ud Manchester School 1841-52, 1875