Felix Liebermann (20 July 1851 – 7 October 1925) was a German historian, who is celebrated for his scholarly contributions to the study of medieval English history, particularly that of

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and Anglo-Norman law.

Life

Felix Liebermann was born in 1851 in

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, then the capital of

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. He came from a

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family; his older brother was the painter

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. Felix first pursued a career in banking and the textile industry, living for a time in

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, England. In 1873, he moved to

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, to study early English history. Georg Waitz and Reinhold Pauli became his mentors. After his promotion in 1875 on the " Dialogue of the Exchequer" (), he rapidly earned a name for himself as a

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with a special focus on England. He served as an editor with the from 18771885. In 1896, he received honorary degrees from the universities of Oxford and

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and later, the title of professor of history from the Prussian minister of justice Robert Bosse. He died in a car accident in Berlin in 1925.

Works

*1875. ''Dialogus de Scaccario''. Dissertation. *1879. ''Ungedruckte anglo-normannische Geschichtsquellen''. Strasbourg. * . *1889. ''Die Heiligen Englands: Angelsächsisch und lateinisch''
Available from Google Books
*1892. '' Quadripartitus. Ein englisches Rechtsbuch von 1114''. Halle. PDF available from Google Books
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*1893. ''Consiliatio Cnuti. Eine Übertragung angelsächsischer Gesetze aus dem zwölften Jahrhundert''. Halle. *1894. ''Über Pseudo-Cnuts Constitutiones de foresta''. Halle. *1894. ''Über die Leges Anglorum saeculo XIII, ineunte Londoniis collectae''. Halle. *1896. ''Über die Leges Edwardi Confessoris''. Halle. *1901. ''Über das englische rechtsbuch Leges Henrici''
PDF available from the Internet Archive
*1903-1916. ''Gesetze der Angelsachsen''. 3 vols. Halle. Standard edition, translation, dictionary and glossary of the corpus of Anglo-Saxon laws. Available from the Internet Archive:
vol. 1 (edition and translation)

vol. 2
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second half (glossary)

vol. 3 (commentary)
*1913. ''The national assembly in the Anglo-Saxon period''. Halle
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