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Village: "Les Baux de Provence". There is a castle ruin to be seen.
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A Manuscript by Jakob Haas, dating to 1237. It is written in Latin and completely crossed out.
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A Manuscript laid out on a table.
Credit: Stephan Köhler

The Middle Ages

Chair of Medieval History

The Chair of Medieval History focuses on the history of Europe in the period between 500 and 1500. We work on questions concerning the cultural and economic history of the Middle Ages in an international comparative perspective. On these pages you will find information about our team and our main research areas. Thank you for your interest.

The chair is held by Prof. Dr. Annette Kehnel.
 

Current News

Excerpt of the programme
Credit: Anna Logue
New Research on Medieval Economic History

The Chair of Medieval History would like to invite you to the lectures of the research seminar “New Research on Medieval Economic History”. During the seminar, researchers from Canada, Ireland, Switzerland and Germany will present their results and topics for discussion. For more information, please see the programme. We look forward to seeing you!
Visiting Professorship 2025: PD Dr Julia Bruch substitutes for Dr Alex Spike Gibbs

We are very pleased to welcome PD Dr Julia Bruch as a visiting professor and substitute for Dr Alex Spike Gibbs in the spring semester 2025! She will enrich the next semesters at the University of Mannheim with her knowledge of medieval history. Her expertise lies primarily in cultural and economic history issues and key topics.

‘The Green Ages’, the English translation of ‘Wir konnten auch anders’ has attracted a great deal of interest.

Here's a podcast with Grok's science lessons, Berkley University, California.

Listen to the past!
Cover of the Book The Green Ages
New review of Annette Kehnel's book: “The Green Ages” by Seb Falk (18.10.2024)

Seb Falk reviews the book “The Green Ages” by Annette Kehnel in the Times Literary Supplement issue of 18 October 2024.
Group Photo of the team
Workshop: “German Influence in the Medieval Period” in Cooperation with the Universities of Heidelberg and Cambridge

The workshop German Influence in the Medieval Period has taken place in Mannheim in cooperation with the Universities of Heidelberg and Cambridge on the 24th and 25th of October last year. 
Titel des Podcast vor einem mittelalterlichen Gemälde
Credit: The Middle Ages Podcast
Annette Kehnel in conversation with Danièle Cybulskie.

Annette Kehnel talks to Danièle Cybulskie in  ‘The Medieval Podcast’ about her book: The Green Ages, which was recently published in english.
2 men threshing sheaf, 14th century painting
Credit: Wikimedia Commons
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.

Book Cover
Annette Kehnel in conversation with Jana Byars

In this podcast episode, Annette Kehnel talks to Jana Byars about her book The Green Ages, which was recently published in English-speaking countries.
Team

People and office hours

Handwriting from the middle ages
Credit: Stadtarchiv Bozen, Obermair 547
Research

Projects and publications

Students sitting around a table, viewing a presentation, that can not be seen.
Credit: A. Kehnel
Teaching

Courses

A Handwritten document by Jakob Haas, written in 1237 in Latin. Much of the Text is crossed out.
Credit: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Haas
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