Arnulf Krause (born 27 November 1955) is a German philologist who specializes in

Germanic studies Germanic philology is the philological study of the Germanic languages, particularly from a comparative or historical perspective. The beginnings of research into the Germanic languages began in the 16th century, with the discovery of literary tex ...

Biography

Arnulf Krause was born in

Zell im Wiesental Zell im Wiesental is a town in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Black Forest, on the river Wiese, 26 km northeast of Basel, and 32 km south of Freiburg. The town is famous for being the b ...

, Germany. He received his

Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is a ...

at the

University of Bonn The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine U ...

in 1989. He is a professor of

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

language and

literature Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...

at the University of Bonn, where he also lectures in

. Krause specializes in

early Germanic literature Early Germanic culture refers to the culture of the early Germanic peoples. Largely derived from a synthesis of Proto-Indo-European and indigenous Northern European elements, the Germanic culture started to exist in the Jastorf culture that de ...

and

religion Religion is usually defined as a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, ...

. He is the author of numerous books about

Germanic peoples The Germanic peoples were historical groups of people that once occupied Central Europe and Scandinavia during antiquity and into the early Middle Ages. Since the 19th century, they have traditionally been defined by the use of ancient and ear ...

Celts The Celts (, see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples () are. "CELTS location: Greater Europe time period: Second millennium B.C.E. to present ancestry: Celtic a collection of Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancien ...

and

Vikings Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and se ...

Selected works

Monographs

* ''Die Dichtung des Eyvindr Skáldaspillir.'' Literaturverlag Norden Rheinhardt, Leverkusen 1990, (= Dissertation). * ''Die Geschichte der Germanen.'' Campus, Frankfurt/Main 2002, . * ''Die Welt der Kelten. Geschichte und Mythos eines rätselhaften Volkes.'' Campus, Frankfurt/Main 2004, . * ''Die Welt der Wikinger.'' Campus, Frankfurt/Main 2006, . * ''Europa im Mittelalter. Wie die Zeit der Kreuzzüge unsere moderne Gesellschaft prägt.'' Campus, Frankfurt/Main 2008, . * ''Von Göttern und Helden. Die mythische Welt der Kelten, Germanen und Wikinger.'' Theiss, Stuttgart 2010, . * ''Lexikon der germanischen Mythologie und Heldensage.'' Reclam, Stuttgart 2010, . * ''Die wirkliche Mittelerde. Tolkiens Mythologie und ihre Wurzeln im Mittelalter.'' Theiss, Stuttgart 2012, . * ''Der Kampf um Freiheit. Die Napoleonischen Freiheitskriege in Deutschland''. Konrad Theiss Verlag, Darmstadt 2013, . * ''Runen. Geschichte – Gebrauch – Bedeutung.'' Marix Verlag, Wiesbaden 2017,

Translations

* ''Die Edda des Snorri Sturluson.'' Ausgewählt, übersetzt und kommentiert von Arnulf Krause. Reclam, Stuttgart 1997, . * ''Die Heldenlieder der Älteren Edda.'' Übersetzt, kommentiert und herausgegeben von Arnulf Krause. Reclam, Stuttgart 2001, . * ''Die Götter- und Heldenlieder der älteren Edda.'' Übersetzt, kommentiert und herausgegeben von Arnulf Krause. Reclam, Stuttgart 2004, . * ''Die Götterlieder der Älteren Edda.'' Übersetzt, kommentiert und herausgegeben von Arnulf Krause. Reclam, Stuttgart 2006, . * ''Die Weisheit der Wikinger.'' Insel-Verlag, Berlin 2011, .

Sources

* ''Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender 2012.'' (24. Ausgabe). De Gruyter, Berlin 2011, . (Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften)

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