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Stefan Kraus
Dr. Stefan Kraus was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1961, is married, has a son and lives in Oberhausen in the Rhineland. He is a freelance historian. Studied Medieval and Modern History, Pre- and Early History and Folklore in Frankfurt am Main and Göttingen. Doctorate (Dr. phil.) at the University of Duisburg-Essen with the dissertation »Die Entstehung und Entwicklung der staatlichen Bodendenkmalpflege in den preußischen Provinzen Rheinland und Westfalen«. Museum traineeship and subsequently scientific officer at the Regional Museum / Archaeological Park Xanten. Lecturer at the University of Bochum. Since the mid-1990s, freelance historian with a focus on, among other things, the history of monument preservation and ground monument preservation in North Rhine-Westphalia and the history of Nazi camps in North Rhine-Westphalia.
More on his homepage www.historikerhaus.de
The Counts Matuschka von Greiffenclau
A historical Family History
- Hardcover
- 248 pages
- large format DIN A 4
- illustrated throughout in colour
978-3-86638-248-0
The history of Europe in the last 1000 years - creeping upheavals and thunderous revolutions, continuity and change, tension and suspense. So when a family has been acting on the European stage for a millennium and also takes on its ancestors with a good mixture of meticulousness and self-irony, the result can only be an entertaining and diverting ride through history.
We saddle up with Charlemagne, take the Middle Ages at a gallop. The transformation from the East Frankish to the Roman Empire flies by, as do the Golden Bull, royal elections and imperial coronations. With the beginning of modern times, our pace becomes more leisurely, we trot through the church history of the Occident, meet Jan Hus, Martin Luther as well as their confessors and confidants. From the Catholic schism to the political conflicts and territorial changes of Europe, only a small moat separates us, which is taken with an elegant leap.
On the political stage we meet Wallenstein, Napoleon, a number of Habsburgs - and again and again the name Greiffenclau comes up. European history is closely interwoven with the family history of Counts Matuschka von Greiffenclau. A consideration of only one without the other is impossible. A well-versed historian provides the necessary facts, a cultural scientist spices up our ride with details from contemporary everyday culture. An upbeat reading pleasure from the beginnings of Europe to the present day.
The historian´s entertaining chapter:
Dr. Stefan Kraus
A ride through 1000 years
The volume was designed by Tanja Walbrunn, Werbeschmiede Walbrunn in Regensburg.
