Felix Liebermann
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Felix Liebermann was a Jewish German historian, who is celebrated for his scholarly contributions to the study of medieval English history, particularly that of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman law. Born in 1851, Berlin, he came from a Jewish-German family and was the younger brother of the painter Max Liebermann
. Having first pursued a business career in banking and textile industry and having lived for some time in Manchester
, he moved to Göttingen
, Germany, in 1873 to study early English history, with Georg Waitz
and Reinhold Pauli
as his mentors. After his promotion on the Dialogus de scaccario ("Dialogue of the Exchecquer") in 1875, he rapidly earned a name for himself as a medieval historian. In 1896, he received honorary degrees from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge and later, the title of professor of history from the Prussian minister of justice Robert Bosse. He died in a car accident in Berlin, 1925.
Max Liebermann
Max Liebermann was a German-Jewish painter and printmaker best known for his etching and lithography.-Biography:...
. Having first pursued a business career in banking and textile industry and having lived for some time in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, he moved to Göttingen
Göttingen
Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:...
, Germany, in 1873 to study early English history, with Georg Waitz
Georg Waitz
Georg Waitz was a German historian and politician.He was born at Flensburg, in the duchy of Schleswig and educated at the Flensburg gymnasium and the universities of Kiel and Berlin...
and Reinhold Pauli
Reinhold Pauli
Reinhold Pauli was a German historian of England, born in Berlin. He studied much in England, and became professor of History at Göttingen. He wrote Life of King Alfred, History of England from the Accession of Henry II to the Death of Henry VII, Pictures of Old England and Simon de Montfort....
as his mentors. After his promotion on the Dialogus de scaccario ("Dialogue of the Exchecquer") in 1875, he rapidly earned a name for himself as a medieval historian. In 1896, he received honorary degrees from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge and later, the title of professor of history from the Prussian minister of justice Robert Bosse. He died in a car accident in Berlin, 1925.
Selected works by Liebermann
- 1875. Dialogus de scaccario. Dissertation.
- 1879. Ungedruckte anglo-normannische Geschichtsquellen. Strasbourg.
- 1889. Die heiligen Englands: Angelsächsisch und lateinisch. Available from Google Books
- 1892. QuadripartitusQuadripartitusThe title Quadripartitus refers to an extensive legal collection compiled during the reign of Henry I, king of England . The work consists of Anglo-Saxon legal materials in Latin translation as well as a number of Latin texts of legal interest that were produced after the Conquest...
. Ein englisches Rechtsbuch von 1114. Halle. PDF available from Google Books, here and here (US only) and from the Internet Archive here - 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:
- 1913. The national assembly in the Anglo-Saxon period. Halle. Internet Archive
Biographies and obituaries
- Dammery, Richard J. "Editing the Anglo-Saxon Laws: Felix Liebermann and Beyond." The Editing of Old English, ed. D. G. Scragg and Paul E. Szarmach. Cambridge, 1994. pp. 251–61.
- Davis, H.W.C. "Felix Liebermann." English Historical Review 41 (1926). 91 ff.
- Hazeltine, H. D. "Felix Liebermann, 1851-1925." Proceedings of the British Academy 24 (1938): 319-60.
- Heymann, Ernst. "Felix Liebermann." Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte, Germanistische Abteilung 46 (1926): xxiii-xxxix.
- Tout, Thomas Frederick. "Felix Liebermann (1851-1925)." History NS 10 (1926): 311-19.
- Scheer, Regina. Wir sind die Liebermanns. Die Geschichte einer Familie. Berlin: Propyläen, 2006. ISBN 3-549-07288-0.
