August von Druffel (21 August 1841, in

Koblenz Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman mili ...

– 23 October 1891, in

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) was a German historian. He studied history, economics and

military science Military science is the study of military processes, institutions, and behavior, along with the study of warfare, and the theory and application of organized coercive force. It is mainly focused on theory, method, and practice of producing mil ...

at the universities of

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and

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, receiving his doctorate in 1862 with a dissertation-thesis on Henry IV and his sons. At the University of Göttingen, he was especially influenced by the teachings of historian

Georg Waitz Georg Waitz (9 October 1813 – 24 May 1886) was a German medieval historian and politician. Waitz is often spoken of as the leading disciple of Leopold von Ranke, though perhaps he had more affinity with Georg Heinrich Pertz or Friedrich Christo ...

. In 1875, he became an associate member of the

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, gaining a full membership in 1884. In 1885 he was named an honorary professor at the

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Selected works

* ''Kaiser Heinrich IV. und seine Söhne'' (1862) – Henvy IV and his sons. * ''Beiträge zur Reichsgeschichte'' (3 volumes, 1873–96; with

Karl Brandi Karl Maria Prosper Laurenz Brandi (20 May 1868 – 9 March 1946) was a German historian. In 1890–91, he wrote his dissertation on the Reichenauer documents: ''Die Reichenauer Urkundenfälschungen'', which served as Volume 1 of ''Quellen un ...

) – Contributions to imperial history. * ''Briefe und Akten zur Geschichte des sechzehnten Jahrhunderts. Mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Bayerns Fürstenhaus'' (as editor; 3 volumes, 1877) – Letters and files on the history of the 16th century; with special reference to Bavaria's royal house. * ''Des Viglius van Zwichem Tagebuch des Schmalkaldischen Donaukriegs'' (1877) –

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' diary of the Schmalkaldic Danube War. * ''Kaiser Karl V. und die römische Curie, 1544–1546'' (4 volumes, 1877–91) –

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and the Roman Curia, 1544–46. * ''Ignatius von Loyola an der Römischen Curie'', 1879 –

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and the Roman Curia. * ''Monumenta Tridentina'' (1884–99, 5 volumes; continued by Karl Brandi) – work involving the history of the

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