Johannes Fried (born 23 May 1942, in

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) is a German

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, and

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Biography

Fried studied at the

University of Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

, where he obtained his doctorate in 1970 and his habilitation in 1977. He was professor at the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...

1980–1983 and has held the Chair of Medieval History at the

University of Frankfurt am Main Goethe University (german: link=no, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main) is a university located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was founded in 1914 as a citizens' university, which means it was founded and funded by the wealt ...

since 1983. He was a visiting Fellow at the

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from 1995 to 1996. Fried is a member of several learned societies and was president of the Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands (German Society of Historians) from 1996 to 2000.

Theses

Johannes Fried considers Notger von Lüttich, not Johannes Canaparius, to be the author of ''Vita sancti Adalberti episcopi Pragensis'' on Adalbert von Prag (* 956 – † 997), written around 1000, which for the first time mentions Danzig (Gdansk) as "urbs Gyddanyzc".

Publications

''(Only monographs are listed below)'' *''Die Entstehung des Juristenstandes im 12. Jahrhundert. Zur sozialen und politischen Bedeutung gelehrter Juristen in Bologna und Modena, Diss. phil. Heidelberg 1970'' (Forschungen zur neueren Privatrechtsgeschichte 21), Köln, Wien 1974. *''Der päpstliche Schutz für Laienfürsten. Die politische Geschichte des päpstlichen Schutzprivilegs für Laien (11.-13. Jahrhundert)'' (Abhandlungen der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Phil.-hist. Kl., Jg. 1980, Nr. 1), Heidelberg 1980. *'' Otto III. und Boleslaw Chrobry. Das Widmungsbild des Aachener Evangeliars, der " Akt von Gnesen" und das frühe polnische und ungarische Königtum. Eine Bildanalyse und ihre historischen Folgen'' (Frankfurter Historische Abhandlungen 30), Stuttgart 1989. (2nd revised edition published in Stuttgart 2001.) *''Die Formierung Europas 840–1046'' (Oldenbourg Grundriß der Geschichte 6), München 1991, ²1993. *''Der Weg in die Geschichte. Die Ursprünge Deutschlands bis 1024'' (Propyläen Geschichte Deutschlands 1), Berlin 1994. *''Kaiser

Friedrich II Frederick II, Frederik II or Friedrich II may refer to: * Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194–1250), King of Sicily from 1198; Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 * Frederick II of Denmark (1534–1588), king of Denmark and Norway 1559–1588 * Fr ...

. als Jäger oder ein zweites Falkenbuch Kaiser Friedrichs II.'' (Nachrichten der Akademie, phil.-hist. Kl. 4), Göttingen 1996. Auch erschienen in: Esculum e Federico II. L'imperatore e la città: per una rilettura dei percorsi della memoria. Atti del Convegno di studio svoltosi in occasione della nona edizione del "Premio internazionale Ascoli Piceno", Ascoli Piceno, 14–16 dicembre 1995, hg. v. Enrico Menestò, Spoleto 1998, S. 33–86 *''Aufstieg aus dem Untergang. Apokalyptisches Denken und die Entstehung der modernen Naturwissenschaft im Mittelalter'', München 2001. *''Les fruits de l'Apocalypse. Origenes de la pensée scientifique moderne au Moyen Âge.'' Avec une préface de Jean-Claude Schmitt, traduit par Denise Modigliani, Paris 2004. *''Die Aktualität des Mittelalters. Gegen die Überheblichkeit unserer Wissensgesellschaft'', Sigmaringen 2003. *''Der Schleier der Erinnerung. Grundzüge einer historischen Memorik'', München 2004. Fried has also published a large number of book chapters and articles in journals.

References

Johannes Fried
official website at the University of Frankfurt am Main. {{DEFAULTSORT:Fried, Johannes 20th-century German historians 1942 births Living people German male non-fiction writers 21st-century German historians Academic staff of Goethe University Frankfurt