Hubert Houben (born 4 February 1953, in

Heinsberg Heinsberg (; li, Hinsberg ) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the seat of the Heinsberg (district), district Heinsberg. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river Wurm, approx. 20 km north-east of Si ...

) is a German

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...

who specialized in the

medieval In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the Post-classical, post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with t ...

history of

Southern Italy Southern Italy ( it, Sud Italia or ) also known as ''Meridione'' or ''Mezzogiorno'' (), is a macroregion of the Italian Republic consisting of its southern half. The term ''Mezzogiorno'' today refers to regions that are associated with the peop ...

. Living at

Lecce Lecce ( ); el, label=Griko, Luppìu, script=Latn; la, Lupiae; grc, Λουπίαι, translit=Loupíai), group=pron is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Lecce, the province ...

since 1980, he acquired

Italian citizenship Italian nationality law is the law of Italy governing the acquisition, transmission and loss of Italian citizenship. Like many continental European countries it is largely based on '' jus sanguinis''. It also incorporates many elements that are ...

in 1988.Hubert Houben's profile
from ''Stupor mundi.it'' He is corresponding member of the ''

Accademia Pontaniana The Accademia Pontaniana was the first academy in the modern sense, as a learned society for scholars and humanists and guided by a formal statute. Patronized by Alfonso V of Aragon, it was founded by the poet Antonio Beccadelli in Naples during ...

'' based in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

(from 2006) and of the ''Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East'' (SSCLE).Publications of the Members of the SSCLE
Bulletin 25-27 (2005-2007)

Works

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

: ** 2010: ''Federico II. Imperatore, uomo, mito'', Il Mulino, ** 2003: ''Normanni fra Nord e Sud. Immigrazione e acculturazione nel Medioevo'', Di Renzo Editore. ** 1999: ''Ruggero II di Sicilia. Un sovrano tra Oriente e Occidente'', Laterza. ** 1996: ''Mezzogiorno normanno-svevo. Monasteri e castelli, ebrei e musulmani'', Liguori. ** 1989: ''Tra Roma e Palermo. Aspetti e momenti del Mezzogiorno medioevale'', Congedo. ** 1987: ''Medioevo monastico meridionale'', Liguori. ** 1984: ''Il libro del capitolo del monastero della Ss. Trinità di Venosa (Cod. Casin. 334)'', Congedo. *

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

: ** 2002: ''

Roger II of Sicily Roger II ( it, Ruggero II; 22 December 1095 – 26 February 1154) was King of Sicily and Africa, son of Roger I of Sicily Roger I ( it, Ruggero I, Arabic: ''رُجار'', ''Rujār''; Maltese: ''Ruġġieru'', – 22 June 1101), nicknamed Rog ...

: A Ruler Between East and West'', .

]. * German language, German: ** 2007: ''Kaiser Friedrich II.'' Kohlhammer, Stuttgart. ** 1997: ''Roger II. von Sizilien. Herrscher zwischen Orient und Okzident''. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt. .

References

External links

*
Prof. Hubert Houben
* http://www.pontaniana.unina.it/italiano/houben.htm 1953 births German medievalists Living people Italian medievalists German male non-fiction writers 20th-century German historians 21st-century German historians Historians of Sicily {{Italy-historian-stub