WILHELM VON See also:

• WILHELM VON GIESEBRECHT (1814–1889)

GIESEBRECHT (1814–1889)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German historian, was a son of Karl See also:

• GIESEBRECHT, WILHELM VON (1814–1889)

Giesebrecht (d . 1832), and a See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew of the poet See also:

• LUDWIG, KARL FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1816—1895)
• LUDWIG, OTTO (1813-1865)

Ludwig Giesebrecht (1792–1873) . See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

Born in See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin on the 5th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1814, he studied under See also:

• LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liupolt; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from hut, Mod. Ger. Leute, " people," and paid, " bold," i.e. " bold for the people ")

Leopold von See also:

• RANKE, LEOPOLD VON (1795-1886)

Ranke, and his first important See also:

• WORK

work, Geschichte Ottosll., was contributed to Ranke's Jahrbucher See also:

• DES

des deuischen Reichs unter dem sachsischen Hause (Berlin, 1837–1840) . In 1841 he published his Jahrbucher des Klosters Altaich, a reconstruction of the lost Annales Altahenses, a See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval source of which fragments only were known to be extant, and these were obscured in other See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

chronicles . The brilliance of this performance was shown in 1867, when a copy of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

chronicle was found, and it was seen that Giesebrecht's See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text was substantially correct . In the meantime he had been appointed Oberlehrer in the Joachimsthaler Gymnasium in Berlin; had paid a visit to See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, and as a result of his re-searches there had published De litterarum studiis apud Italos primis medii aevi seculis (Berlin, 1845), a study upon the survival of culture in See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian cities during the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages, and also several See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical essays upon the See also:

• SOURCES

sources for the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• HISTORY

history of the popes . In 1851 appeared his See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the Historiae of See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory of See also:

• TOURS

Tours, which is the See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard German translation . Four years later appeared the first See also:

• VOLUME

volume of his See also:

• GREAT

great work, Geschichte der deuischen Kaiserzeit, the fifth volume of which was published in 1888 . This work was the first in which the results of the scientific methods of See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research were thrown open to the See also:

• WORLD

world at large . Largeness of See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style and brilliance of portrayal were joined to an See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute mastery of the sources in a way hitherto unachieved by any German historian . Yet later German historians have severely criticized his glorification of the imperial era with its Italian entanglements, in which the interests of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany were sacrificed for idle See also:

• GLORY (through the O. Fr. glorie, modern gloire, from Lat. gloria, cognate with Gr. KXebs, abets)

glory . Giesebrecht's history, however, appeared when the new German See also:

• EMPIRE

empire was in the making, and became popular owing both to its patriotic See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone and its See also:

• INTRINSIC (through Fr. intrinsique, from Lat. intrinsecus, inwardly; inter, within, secus, following, from root of sequi, to follow)

intrinsic merits .

In 1857 he went to See also:

• KONIGSBERG (Polish Krolewiec)

Konigsberg as See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor ordinarius, and in 1862 succeeded H. von See also:

• SYBEL, HEINRICH VON (1817-1895)

Sybel as professor of history in the university of See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich . The Bavarian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government honoured him in various ways, and he died at Munich on the 17th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1889 . In addition to the See also:

• WORKS

works already mentioned, Giesebrecht published a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good monograph on See also:

• ARNOLD
• ARNOLD, BENEDICT (1741-1801)
• ARNOLD, GOTTFRIED (1666-1714)
• ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888)
• ARNOLD, SAMUEL (1740--18o2)
• ARNOLD, SIR EDWIN (1832-1904)
• ARNOLD, THOMAS (1745-1842)

Arnold of See also:

• BRESCIA
• BRESCIA (anc. Brixia)

Brescia (Munich, 1873), a collection of essays under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Deutsche Reden (Munich, 1871), and was an active member of the See also:

• GROUP

group of scholars who took over the direction of the Monumenta Germaniae historica in 1875 . In 1895 B. von See also:

• SIMSON, MARTIN EDUARD VON (1810-1899)
• SIMSON, ROBERT (1687-1768)

Simson added a See also:

• SIXTH

sixth volume to the Geschichte der deuischen Kaiserzeit, thus bringing the work down to the See also:

• DEATH

death of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick I. in 1190 . See S . Riezler, Gedachtnisrede auf Wilhelm von Giesebrecht (Munich, 1891); and See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• ACTON
• ACTON (JOHN EMERICH EDWARD DALBERG ACTON), 1ST BARON (1834—1902)
• ACTON, SIR JOHN FRANCIS EDWARD, BART

Acton in the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review, vol. v . (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1890) .