Franz Brendle (born in 1964) is a German historian and scholar teacher.

Life

Born in

Ellwangen Ellwangen an der Jagst, officially Ellwangen (Jagst), in common use simply Ellwangen () is a town in the district of Ostalbkreis in the east of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated about north of Aalen. Ellwangen has 25,000 inha ...

, Brendle attended the from 1974 to 1983, which he completed with the

Abitur ''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen year ...

in 1983. From 1984 to 1991 he studied history and German literature at the

University of Tübingen The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (; ), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The University of Tübingen is one of eleven German Excellenc ...

. From 1993 to 1995 Brendle received a doctoral scholarship from the

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung The Konrad Adenauer Foundation (''German language, German: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Eingetragener Verein, e.V.; Abbreviation: KAS'') is a German political party Foundation (charity), foundation associated with but independent of the centre-righ ...

and was at the same time

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, from 1997 to 1998 as scientific assistant, at the History Department of the University of Tübingen. In 1997, he received his doctorate with a dissertation on the subject of ''Dynasty, Empire and Reformation. The Dukes of Württemberg Ulrich and Christoph, the Habsburgs and France.'' at the University of Tübingen. Since 1998 Brendle has been a member of the of the History Department of the University of Tübingen and in the same year was a scientific advisor at the SWR for the film project ''Württemberg in the

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''. In 1999 he was awarded the Baden-Württemberg History Prize. He 2008 he received his

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at the University of Tübingen with the

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''Der Erzkanzler im Religionskrieg. Archbishop Anselm Casimir Wambold von Umstadt, Kurmainz and the Empire 1629 to 1647.'' Since 2010 he has been an

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at the Department of History of the University of Tübingen. Brendle was an associate member of the Tübingen Research Training Group ''Ars and Scientia in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times'' from 1995 to 2005. Since 1998 he has been a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Society for the Publication of the ''Corpus Catholicorum'' and from 2011 to 2015 he is sub-project leader of the Collaborative Research Centre 923 ''Threatened Orders''. He is author and editor of over 50 publications.

Work

Author

* ''Dynastie, Reich und Reformation. Die württembergischen Herzöge Ulrich und Christoph, die Habsburger und Frankreich.'' Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1998, . * ''Das konfessionelle Zeitalter.'' Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2010, . * ''Der Erzkanzler im Religionskrieg. Kurfürst Anselm Casimir von Mainz, die geistlichen Fürsten und das Reich 1629 bis 1647.'' Aschendorff, Münster 2011, .

Editor

* ''Adel im alten Reich.'' Bibliotheca-Academica-Verlag, Tübingen 1998, . * ''Deutsche Landesgeschichtsschreibung im Zeichen des Humanismus.'' Steiner, Stuttgart 2001, . * ''Religionskriege im Alten Reich und in Alteuropa.'' Aschendorff, Münster 2006, . * ''Geistliche im Krieg.'' Aschendorff, Münster 2009, . * ''Jesuiten in Ellwangen. Oberdeutsche Provinz, Wallfahrt, Weltmission.''''Jesuiten in Ellwangen. Oberdeutsche Provinz, Wallfahrt, Weltmission''
on WorldCat Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2012, .

References

External links

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Vita von Franz Brendle
on the site of the University of Tübingen
Publications by Franz Brendle
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brendle, Franz 20th-century German historians 21st-century German historians Academic staff of the University of Tübingen 21st-century German essayists German editors 1964 births Living people People from Ellwangen