Carlrichard Brühl (25 February 1925 – 25 January 1997) was a German historian of

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and

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who, in 1986, was awarded the

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by the

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for his ''Geschichte der Philatelie''. His main research focus in historical science was the

Frankish Empire Francia, also called the Kingdom of the Franks ( la, Regnum Francorum), Frankish Kingdom, Frankland or Frankish Empire ( la, Imperium Francorum), was the largest post-Roman barbarian kingdom in Western Europe. It was ruled by the Franks dur ...

and the subsequent

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s of France, Italy and Germany. Brühl wrote numerous studies on the economic basis of medieval kingship in a comparative European perspective, on the sites where rulers exercised their power, and on the travel routes of medieval rulers.Pierre Toubert
Necrologe ''Carlrichard Brühl (1925–1997)''
In: ''Francia'' vol. 25, Nr. 1, 1998, p. 274–275

Selected philatelic publications

*''Geschichte der Philatelie''. (Two volumes, 1985 and 1986)

Selected historical publications

*''Die Geburt zweier Völker. Deutsche und Franzosen (9.–11. Jahrhundert)'' 2001 ; (''Deutschland – Frankreich. Die Geburt zweier Völker'' 1990 ; 1995 ) *''Fodrum, gistum servitium regis. Studien zu den wirtschaftlichen Grundlagen des Königtums im Frankenreich und in den fränkischen Nachfolgestaaten Deutschland, Frankreich und Italien vom 6. bis zur Mitte des 14. Jahrhunderts'' 1968 (= ''Kölner historische Abhandlungen.'' vol. 14, )

References

1925 births 1997 deaths German philatelists German medievalists Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists 20th-century German historians German male non-fiction writers {{germany-academic-bio-stub