Joseph

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von Aschbach (29 April 1801 – 25 April 1882) was a German historian who studied the

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, writing "''Geschichte der Westgoten''" ("History of the Visigoths") in 1827. Aschbach was born in

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. He initially studied

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and philosophy at the

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, but his focus soon turned to history, being influenced by

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. Since 1823 he was professor at the gymnasium of

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. He became a professor of history at the

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in 1842, and later filled the same position at the

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(1853). Within two years he became a member of the

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. He was

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in 1870. Joseph Ritter von Aschbach
@ The Original Catholic Encyclopedia Aschbach died in

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Written works

* ''Geschichte der Westgoten'' (History of the

), 1827. * ''Geschichte der Omajjaden in Spanien'' (History of the Umayyads in Spain), two volumes, 1829-1830. * ''Geschichte Spaniens und Portugals zur Zeit der Herrschaft der Almorawiden und Almohaden'' (History of Spain and Portugal during the reign of Almoravides and

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), two volumes, 1833–1837. * ''Geschichte der Heruler und Gepiden'' (History of

Heruli The Heruli (also Eluri, Eruli, Herules, Herulians) were one of the smaller Germanic peoples of Late Antiquity, known from records in the third to sixth centuries AD. The best recorded group of Heruli established a kingdom north of the Middle Danu ...

and Gepidi), 1835. * ''Geschichte Kaiser Sigismunds'' (History of

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), four volumes, 1838–1845. * ''Urkundliche Geschichte der Grafen von Wertheim'' (Documentary history of the counts of Wertheim), two volumes, 1843. * ''Allgemeine Kirchenlexikon'' (General church dictionary) editor, four volumes, 1846–1850. * ''Geschichte der Wiener Universität'', (History of the University of Vienna), three volumes, 1865/1877/postum 1885. * ''Roswitha und Konrad Celtes'' (

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and Konrad Celtes), second edition in 1868.

References

* List of Aschbach's written works from the "German Wikipedia".

External links

* http://www.peter-hug.ch/lexikon/01_0902#N0050
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