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Junior Professorship for Economic History of the Middle Ages

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Visiting Professorship 2025: PD Dr Julia Bruch substitutes for Prof. Dr. Annette Kehnel

Starting in the fall/winter semester of 2025, PD Dr. Julia Bruch will be the substitute chair for the Chair of Medieval History. We already had the pleasure of welcoming her as a visiting professor and substitute for Dr. Alex Spike Gibbs in the spring semester of 2025! She will enrich us with her knowledge of medieval history at the University of Mannheim over the next few semesters. Her expertise lies primarily in cultural and economic history issues and topics. 

2 men threshing sheaf, 14th century painting
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New article by Alex Spike Gibbs: (In-kind) Wages and labour relations in the Middle Ages (01.10.2024)

Alex Spike Gibbs writes about in-kind wages in medieval England and the later transition to money wages. The article is available in Open Access.
Program of the Forschungsseminar, at the top an image of Mannheim Palace, underneath the titles of Presentations
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New Research in Medieval and Early Modern History

The chairs of medieval and of late medieval and early modern history would like to invite you to the research seminar: “Aktuelle Forschungen zu Mittelalter und früher Neuzeit”. During the seminar, researchers from Canada, France, Switzerland, Austria and Germany will present their research findings and topics for discussion. 

Winners of the Thirsk price.
Credit: Dr. Alex Spike Gibbs
Lordship, State Formation and Local Authority in Late Medieval and Early Modern England wins Joan Thirsk Memorial Prize

Spike Gibbs' book, Lordship, State Formation and Local Authority in Late Medieval and Early Modern England has jointly won the Joan Thirsk Memorial Prize 2024. The prize is awarded annually by the British Agricultural History Society for the best book in British or Irish rural or agrarian history. For more information about the prize, please visit: https://www.bahs.org.uk/spike-gibbs-and-steve-hindle-win-thirsk-prize-2024/.

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New Research on Medieval Economic History

The Chair of Medieval History and the Junior Professorship of Medieval Economic History would like to invite you to the lectures of the research seminar “New Research on Medieval Economic History”. During the seminar, researchers from USA, UK, Spain and Germany will present their results and topics for discussion. For more information, please see the programme. We look forward to seeing you!
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Report on the Workshop: 'Close Ties? The Economic Impacts of “Feudal” Lordship in the Middle Ages', 11.12.-13.12.2023

On 11.12.23 – 13.12.23 the Junior Professorship for the Economic History of the Middle Ages at Mannheim and the Chair for Medieval History at Graz jointly organised the workshop ‘Close Ties? The Economic Impacts of 'Feudal' Lordship in the Middle Ages’. The event brought together researchers from across Europe and the United States to discuss how lordship impacted on economies and societies throughout Eurasia through a range of thought-provoking papers. We also enjoyed a museum trip to see the SCHUM Jewish heritage sites in Speyer. We look forward to future collaborations stemming from this event and welcome any inquiries from researchers interested in this topic! – Dr. Alex Spike Gibbs

Cover of the new book by Dr. Alex Spike Gibbs
Credit: Cambridge University Press
Blog post by Spike Gibbs: “Political Peasants? Local authority in late medieval and early modern England” (Cambridge University Press, 25.09.2023)

In the blog post, Spike Gibbs provides a wonderful insight into his book “Lordship, State Formation and Local Authority in Late Medieval and Early Modern England”, which deals, among other things, with the role of tenants in English local communities. In the text linked below, you can also find out what Gibbs' book has to do with the film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”. We hope you enjoy reading it.
Cover of the new book by Dr. Alex Spike Gibbs
Credit: Cambridge University Press
New publication by Spike Gibbs: “Lordship, State Formation and Local Authority in Late Medieval and Early Modern England”

We look forward to the publication of Spike Gibbs' book “Lordship, State Formation and Local Authority in Late Medieval and Early Modern England” as part of the Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought series. In his work, Gibbs uses previously untapped archival records to show how local authority and social structures adapted in response to the decline of lordship and the process of state formation in England. The book covers the period from 1300 to 1650. We hope you enjoy the “Look inside”.

Archive

  • Inaugural Lecture by Spike Gibbs and Astrid Lembke (27.09.2023 at 18:45 Uhr in SN 169)

    We would like to invite you to the joint inaugural lecture by Spike Gibbs and Astrid Lembke followed by a reception on 27 September 2023 at 6:45 pm. The two will speak on “Social Order and Power Dynamics – kreative Reaktionen auf hierarchische Strukturen in der europäischen Vormoderne”. The event will take place in Mannheim Schloss, SN 169. We look forward to seeing you!

  • New Research on Medieval Economic History

    The Chair of Medieval History and the Junior Professorship of Medieval Economic History would like to invite you to the lectures of the research seminar “New Research on Medieval Economic History”. During the seminar, researchers from Great Britain and the German-speaking countries will present their results and topics for discussion. For more information, please see the programme (PDF, 440 kB). We look forward to seeing you!

Team of the chair.
Credit: Laura Grabarek
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Medieval manuscript.
Credit: Stadtarchiv Bozen, Obermair 547
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Credit: A. Kehnel
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