Karl Ferdinand Werner ( Neunkirchen, Saarland 1924 – Tegernsee 2008) was a German historian. He particularly studied

historiography Historiography is the study of the methods of historians in developing history as an academic discipline, and by extension is any body of historical work on a particular subject. The historiography of a specific topic covers how historians ha ...

, the

Early Middle Ages The Early Middle Ages (or early medieval period), sometimes controversially referred to as the Dark Ages, is typically regarded by historians as lasting from the late 5th or early 6th century to the 10th century. They marked the start of the Mi ...

and the origins of European

nobility Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy (class), aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below Royal family, royalty. Nobility has often been an Estates of the realm, estate of the realm with many e ...

Works

People from Neunkirchen, Saarland 1924 births 2008 deaths École pratique des hautes études alumni 20th-century German historians Heidelberg University alumni Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Members of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences University of Mannheim faculty Corresponding members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres {{Germany-historian-stub