Heinrich Rückert (14 February 1823, in

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– 11 September 1875, in Breslau) was a German historian and Germanist. He was the son of orientalist and poet

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(1788–1866). From 1840 to 1844 he studied classical and German philology at the universities of

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and

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. In 1845 he obtained his

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for German history and archaeology at the

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, and later on, relocated to Breslau, where in 1852 he became an associate professor (full professor 1867). In 1852 he was a founding member of the ''Verein für Thüringische Geschichte und Alterthumskunde'' (Society of Thuringian History and Antiquities).

Published works

* ''Annalen der deutschen Geschichte : Abriß der deutschen Entwickelungsgeschichte in chronologischer Darstellung'' (3 volumes, 1850) – Annals of German history: Outline of German developmental history in chronological presentation. * ''Culturgeschichte des deutschen Volkes in der Zeit des Uebergangs aus dem Heidenthum in das Christenthum'' (2 volumes 1853/54) – Cultural history of the German people in the time of transition from paganism to Christianity. * ''Geschichte des Mittelalters'', 1853 – History of the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ...

. * ''Aus Friedrich Rückert's Nachlass'', 1867 – From Friedrich Rückert's

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, edited by Heinrich Rückert. * ''Deutsche Geschichte'', 1873 – German history. * ''Geschichte der Neuhochdeutschen Schriftsprache'', 1875 – History of modern

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written language. * ''Entwurf einer systematischen Darstellung der schlesischen Mundart im Mittelalter'', 1878 – Systematic presentation of the Silesian dialect in the Middle Ages. He was also editor of medieval texts, such as: '' Bruder Philipps des Carthäusers Marienleben'' (1853), '' Lohengrin'' (1858), '' König Rother'' (1872) and '' Heliand'' (1876).HathiTrust Digital Library
published works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rückert, Heinrich 1823 births 1875 deaths People from Coburg Academic staff of the University of Breslau German Germanists 19th-century German historians