Eugen Ewig
Eugen Ewig (18 May 1913, Bonn – 1 March 2006) was a German historian who researched the history of the early Middle Ages. He taught at the University of Mainz and Bonn University. He was considered an expert in the Merovingian period.[1] In 1958, he founded the German Historical Research Center in Paris.[2]
| Eugen Ewig | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 May 1913  |
| Died | 1 March 2006 (aged 92) |
| Occupation | Historian, archivist |
Life change
He studied at the Beethoven grammar school in Bonn, with Hermann Platz. He studied with Wilhelm Levison,[3] and Ernst Robert Curtius. He trained as an archivist at Institute for Archive Science and History in Berlin-Dahlem. He worked at the Lorraine State Archives in Metz. He was interned after the war, but he was released in February / March 1945.
From 1946 until 1949, he was a lecturer at University of Nancy.[3] From 1946 to 1964, he taught at University of Mainz. With help from Konrad Adenauer, he founded the German Historical Institute in Paris.[2] They sponsored German and French historians.
From 1964 to 1980, he taught at University of Bonn.
Works change
- Trier im Merowingerreich. Civitas, Stadt, Bistum. Paulinus-Verlag, Trier 1954. (Nachdruck: Scientia-Verlag, Aalen 1987, ISBN 3-511-00875-1.)
- Die Rheinlande in der fränkischen Zeit (451–919/31). Düsseldorf 1980, ISBN 3-590-34201-3
- Die Merowinger und das Frankenreich [zuerst 1988]. 5., aktualisierte Auflage. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-170-19473-1.
- Spätantikes und fränkisches Gallien. Band 1–2: Gesammelte Schriften (1952–1973). Herausgegeben von Hartmut Atsma. Artemis, München 1976 and 1979
References change
- ↑ Wood, Ian (2013-09-26). The Modern Origins of the Early Middle Ages. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-965048-4.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pfeil, Ulrich (2007). Das Deutsche Historische Institut Paris und seine Gründungsväter: ein personengeschichtlicher Ansatz (in German). Oldenbourg Verlag. ISBN 978-3-486-58519-3.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Palace Green Library Exhibitions : April 2019 Item of the Month - Durham University". www.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-13.