Ernst Kantorowicz - A Life

Zusatztext "Lerner's biography is worthy of great praise! and it is very unlikely that it will ever be superseded." -Walter Laqueur! Jewish Review of Books Informationen zum Autor Robert E. Lerner is professor emeritus of history at Northwestern University, where he taught medieval history for more than forty years. Klappentext This is the first complete biography of Ernst Kantorowicz (1895-1963), an influential and controversial German-American intellectual whose colorful and dramatic life intersected with many of the great events and thinkers of his time. A medieval historian whose ideas exerted an influence far beyond his field, he is most famous for two books--a notoriously nationalistic 1927 biography of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and The King's Two Bodies (1957), a classic study of medieval politics. Zusammenfassung The first complete biography of an influential historian whose dramatic life intersected with many great events and thinkers of the twentieth centuryThis is the first complete biography of Ernst Kantorowicz (1895-1963), an influential German-American medieval historian whose colorful life intersected with many of the great events and thinkers o

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert Lerner, Robert E. Lerner
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 11.09.2018
• EAN: 9780691183022
• ISBN: 978-0-691-18302-2
• Pagine: 418
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Medioevo; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, 20th Century, Poland, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Biography: historical, political and military