Description: Peter Moraw, a leading constitutional historian of the later middle ages, has taken a particular interest in the study of medieval universities as training grounds of Western elites. His essays collected here from widely scattered source begin with general reflections on the medieval university, are followed by 8 studies of Central and East Central centers, such as Prague, Heidelberg and Cracow, and conclude with 4 social-historical and prosopographical papers on professors, students and graduates and their careers. Appendices include a sketch of the Repertorium academicum Germanicum project, and a full list of the author's published work.
Brief description: Em. Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Peter Moraw, Gießen, is one of the experts on the history of the Late Middle Ages in Germany and Europe. He has published extensively on a variety of special fields, such as the history of economy, social history, the Hanseatic League, regional and cultural studies and prosopograhpy. He works on the history of universities since 1961.