About
I am an Historian of the
Middle Ages, working as ‘Akademischer Rat’ (which is corresponding to a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer)
at the University of Cologne. My focus is on Northern European History (England, Scandinavia, as well as the
Reich), especially in the 10th and 11th centuries. I am mainly interested in the depiction of history and how contemporaries viewed their own time and their immediate past.
Education
- PhD, Medieval History, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 2005
- MA, Medieval History, Humboldt-University Berlin, 2001
Mastodon Feed
Fun fact: Die Widmung lautet „Für Til Mormor“. Im englischen Original steht nur „Til Mormor“ – das ist Norwegisch und heißt „Für Oma“ … (2025-03-12 ↗)
Heute ist meine Rezension des Buchs „Flusskönige“ von Cat Jarman (im englischen Original „River Kings“) in der FAZ erschienen. TLDR: Unbedingte Leseempfehlung! #medievodons @medievodons (2025-03-12 ↗)
Ich freu mich, dass sozusagen über meinem Kopf nun Solarstrom erzeugt wird. ☺️ ☀️ From: @UniKoeln https://wisskomm.social/@UniKoeln/113996228918885265 (2025-02-14 ↗)
Die Gründungsgeschichte der Abtei Brauweiler liegt erstmals in deutscher Übersetzung vor. Meine Rezension dazu ist heute in der Historischen Zeitschrift erschienen: https://doi.org/10.1515/hzhz-2025-1018 #medievodons @medievodons (2025-02-02 ↗)
Die schönsten Plakate bei der Demo für Demokratie gestern Abend in Brühl: „Marzipan statt Nazikram“, „Menschenrechte statt rechte Menschen“ und „Das ‚B‘ in AfD steht für Bildung“. #niewiederistjetzt (2024-01-27 ↗)
KCWorks
- Journal article
- Book section
Projects
Perceptions and Conceptions of Bishops in Eastern Francia and Anglo-Saxon England, ca. 950–1050
In my current research project (my ‘Habilitation’) I am looking at the perception and depiction of bishops between 950 and 1050, roughly, with a special focus on their role in royal successions. My aim is to overcome the classic view on bishops from the kings’ perspective and as their agents, which has been prevalent especially for the Ottonian-Salian kingdom. I will thereby concentrate on the bishops’ actions, or, to be more precise, on the description of these actions in contemporary sources. Therefore narrative sources are at the heart of the project, above all historiography and hagiography (saints’ lives), but also sermons and legal sources. The aim of the project is to determine perceptions and conceptions of bishops and thereby their position in the society of the tenth and eleventh centuries, both in Germany and England. Memberships
- Mediävistenverband [Interdisciplinary Medieval Society]
- Royal Studies Network
- EPISCOPUS (Society for the Study of Bishops and Secular Clergy in the Middle Ages)
- FEMBI (Forschungsportal zum englischen Mittelalter, den Britischen Inseln und Irland) [Network on Medieval England, the British Isles, and Ireland]
- ZEMAK (Zentrum für Mittelalterstudien Köln) [Center for Medieval Studies, Cologne]
- DANTE (Deutschsprachige Anwendervereinigung TeX) [German TeX Users Group]
