Paul Scheffer-Boichorst (25 May 1843 in

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– 17 January 1902 in Berlin) was a German historian of the Middle Ages. He studied history at the universities of Innsbruck,

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and

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, receiving his doctorate from

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in 1867. Later on, he worked on the

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project in Munich and Berlin. In 1875, he became an associate professor of history at the

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, then relocated to Strasbourg as a full professor during the following year. From 1890 onward, he taught classes at the University of Berlin.Plett - Schmidseder
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Dictionary of German Biography He was a member of the

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. From 1891 to 1902 he was a member of the Central Directorate of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica. He is credited for reconstruction of the ''Annales Patherbrunnenses''.

Selected works

* ''Kaiser Friedrich' I. letzter streit mit der Kurie'', 1866 –

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. last quarrel with the

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* ''Annales Patherbrunnenses : eine verlorene Quellenschrift des zwölften Jahrhunderts aus Bruchstücken wiederhergestellt'', 1870 – "Annales Patherbrunnenses"; a lost source of 12th century fragments recovered. * ''Florentiner studien'', 1874 – Florentine studies. * ''Die Chronik des Dino Compagni. Kritik der Hegel'schen Schrift "Versuch einer Rettung"'', 1875 – The chronicle of Dino Compagni. Critique of

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's "Versuch einer Rettung". * ''Die Neuordnung der Papstwahl durch Nikolaus II'', 1877 – The reorganization of the papal election by

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. * ''Aus Dantes Verbannung'', 1882 – From

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's exile. * ''Zur Geschichte des XII. und XIII. Jahrhunderts : diplomatische Forschungen'', 1897 – History of the 12th and 13th centuries: diplomatic research. * ''Kirchengeschichtliche Forschungen'', 1903 –

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research. * ''Ausgewählte Aufsätze und Besprechungen'', 1905 – Selected essays and discussions.Most widely held works about Paul Scheffer-Boichorst
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