Professor Henry Maria Robert Egmont Mayr-Harting was Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the University of Oxford and Lay Canon of Christ Church, Oxford from 1997 until 2003. The Regius Chair of Ecclesiastical History was founded by Queen Victoria in 1842. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the A canon (from the Latin canonicus, itself derived from the Greek κανωνικος 'relating to a rule' is a priest who is a member of certain bodies of the Not to be confused with Christchurch, a city in New Zealand. Christ Church (Ædes Christi the temple or house of Christ and thus sometimes known as
On 6 April 1936 Henry Maria Robert Egmont Mayr-Harting was born in Prague to a Viennese couple, Herbert Mayr-Harting and Anna Mayr-Harting, née Münzer, who had a distinguished career as a bacteriologist in Bristol, England. Prague (ˈprɑːg Praha (ˈpraɦa see also other names) is the Capital and Largest city of the Czech Republic. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria.
Mayr-Harting was educated at Douai School and Merton College, Oxford (BA 1957, MA 1961, DPhil 1961). For the sixteenth-century seminary see English College Douai. See also Wardens of Merton College Oxford. Merton College is also the name of a college in the London Borough of Merton. In the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin, the degree of Master of Arts or Master in Arts ( MA) is awarded to Bachelors "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. He was Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Liverpool 1960-68. The University of Liverpool is a University in the city of Liverpool, England. He then returned to Oxford to become Fellow and Tutor in Medieval History at St Peter's College from 1968 until 1997, when he was appointed Fellow Emeritus. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade St Peter's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, located in New Inn Hall A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade From 1976 until 1997 he was also Lecturer in Medieval History at Merton College. See also Wardens of Merton College Oxford. Merton College is also the name of a college in the London Borough of Merton. He was Slade Professor of Fine Art for the academic year 1987-88 and in 1993 he was named University Reader in Medieval History. The Slade Professorship of Fine Art is the senior professorship of Art at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and London. An academic term is a division of an academic year the time during which a School, College or University holds classes In the academic hierarchy in the United Kingdom and some universities in Australia and New Zealand, reader is the rank between Senior lecturer In 1997 he became the first Catholic and the first layperson to be appointed Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the University of Oxford and consequently he became the first Lay Canon of Christ Church Cathedral. The Regius Chair of Ecclesiastical History was founded by Queen Victoria in 1842. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the A canon (from the Latin canonicus, itself derived from the Greek κανωνικος 'relating to a rule' is a priest who is a member of certain bodies of the Not to be confused with Christchurch, a city in New Zealand. Christ Church (Ædes Christi the temple or house of Christ and thus sometimes known as He retired from these positions in 2003.
Mayr-Harting was elected Visiting Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1983 and Brown Foundation Fellow at Sewanee: The University of the South in 1992. A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade Peterhouse is the oldest college in the University of Cambridge. The University of the South is a private Coeducational liberal arts college located in Sewanee, Tennessee. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in the same year and he is a Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The British Academy is the United Kingdom 's National academy for the Humanities and the Social sciences It was established by Royal Charter In 2003 he took part in the Spring Lecture Series, Barbarian Europe: The Creation of a Civilization, at the Institute for Medieval Studies, University of New Mexico. The University of New Mexico ( UNM) is a Public University in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
In 1968 Mayr-Harting married Caroline Mary Humphries. Together they have a son, Felix (born 1969), and a daughter, Ursula (born 1972). Mayr-Harting's daughter, now called Ursula Weekes, is an art historian and has written several books, including Techniques of Drawing (exh. cat. , Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1996), Early Netherlandish Engraving circa 1440-1540 (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1997), Techniques of Drawing: from the 15th to the 19th Centuries (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1999), and Early Engravers and their Public: the Master of the Berlin Passion and Manuscripts from Convents in the Rhine-Maas Region (London: Harvey Miller, 2004). Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, The Ashmolean Museum (in full the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology) on Beaumont Street, Oxford, England, is the world's first Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, The Ashmolean Museum (in full the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology) on Beaumont Street, Oxford, England, is the world's first Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, The Ashmolean Museum (in full the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology) on Beaumont Street, Oxford, England, is the world's first London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
Selected publications
- Henry Mayr-Harting, The Bishops of Chichester and the Administration of Their Diocese, 1075-1207: with a Collection of Acta (University of Oxford DPhil thesis, 1961)
- Widukind of Corvey, Res gestae Saxonicae, tr. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. Widukind of Corvey was a Saxon historical chronicler named after (and possibly a descendant of the Saxon duke and national hero Widukind who had battled Charlemagne Henry Mayr-Harting (typescript 1962, privately bound 1995)
- Henry Mayr-Harting, The Bishops of Chichester, 1075-1207: Biographical Notes and Problems (Chichester: Chichester City Council, 1963)
- Henry Mayr-Harting, ed. Chichester is a cathedral city in West Sussex, England. It has a long history as a settlement its Roman past and its subsequent importance and introduction, Diocesis Cicestrensis: The Acta of the Bishops of Chichester, 1075-1207 (Canterbury and York Society Series 56, Torquay: Devonshire Press, 1964)
- Henry Mayr-Harting, The Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England (London: B. T. Batsford, 1972; London: Book Club Associates, 1977; 3rd edn, London: Batsford; University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1991) ISBN 978-0271007694
- Henry Mayr-Harting, 'Functions of a Twelfth-Century Recluse', History 60 (1975), 337-52
- Henry Mayr-Harting, The Venerable Bede, the Rule of St Benedict, and Social Class (Jarrow Lecture 1976, Jarrow: Rector of Jarrow, 1976) ISBN 0903495031
- Henry Mayr-Harting and R. Torquay (tɔrˈkiː is a town in the Unitary authority of Torbay and ceremonial county of Devon, England. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Anova Books is a UK -based Publishing company founded in 2005 with the acquisition of the Chrysalis Books Group from the Chrysalis Group. Anova Books is a UK -based Publishing company founded in 2005 with the acquisition of the Chrysalis Books Group from the Chrysalis Group. The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State) is a state-related, land-grant, space grant public research University The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State) is a state-related, land-grant, space grant public research University Jarrow (ˈjæroʊ or /ˈjærə/ is a Town on the River Tyne, England with a Population around 27000 (2001 Census) I. Moore, eds, Studies in Medieval History Presented to R.H.C. Davis (London: Hambledon Press, 1985)
- Henry Mayr-Harting, Saint Wilfrid (London: Catholic Truth Society, 1986)
- Henry Mayr-Harting, ed. Ralph Henry Carless Davis ( 7 October 1918 – 12 March 1991) always known publicly as R Catholic Truth Society (CTS is a body that prints and publishes Catholic Literature, especially Apologetics. , St Hugh of Lincoln: Lectures Delivered at Oxford and Lincoln to Celebrate the Eighth Centenary of St Hugh's Consecration as Bishop of Lincoln (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987)
- Henry Mayr-Harting, 'The Foundation of Peterhouse, Cambridge (1284) and the Rule of Saint Benedict', English Historical Review 103 (1988), 318
- Henry Mayr-Harting, Ottonian Book Illumination: an Historical Study (2 vols, London: Harvey Miller, 1991; 2nd edn, London: Harvey Miller, 1999) ISBN 978-1872501796
- Henry Mayr-Harting, Two conversions to Christianity: the Bulgarians and the Anglo-Saxons (Stenton Lecture 1993, Reading: University of Reading, 1994)
- Henry Mayr-Harting, 'Charlemagne, the Saxons, and the Imperial Coronation of 800', English Historical Review 111:444 (November 1996), 1113-33
- Henry Mayr-Harting, Perceptions of Angels in History: an Inaugural Lecture Delivered in the University of Oxford on 14 November 1997 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998)
- Henry Mayr-Harting, 'Liudprand of Cremona's Account of his Legation to Constantinople (968) and Ottonian Imperial Strategy', English Historical Review 116 (2001) 539
- Richard Harries and Henry Mayr-Harting, eds, Christianity: Two Thousand Years (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001)
- Henry Mayr-Harting, 'The Uta Codex: Art, Philosophy, and Reform in Eleventh-Century Germany', Catholic Historical Review 88:4 (October 2002), 759-61
- Henry Mayr-Harting, Melbourne Church in its Earliest Historical Surroundings: the Friends First Public Lecture (Melbourne: Friends of Melbourne Parish Church, 2004)
- Henry Mayr-Harting, Church and Cosmos in Early Ottonian Germany: The View from Cologne (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007) ISBN 978-0199210718
Sources and Further Information
- Henry Mayr-Harting, 'The Relevance of Medieval History', History Faculty Alumni Newsletter 2 (June 2004)
- Henry Mayr-Harting, 'Much more than "ornamental"', Cherwell (16 May 2003)
- Faculty of Modern History
- Austrian Academy of Sciences
- University of New Mexico
- Lawrence University
- Oxford University Gazette (6 March 1997)
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