| Philipp Jaffé | |
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| Born | February 17, 1819 Schwersenz, Prussia |
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| Died | April 3, 1870 (aged 51) Wittenberge, Prussia |
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| Nationality | German |
| Fields | Historian and philologist |
| Institutions | Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Alma mater | Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Doctoral advisor | Leopold von Ranke |
| Known for | Regesta Pontificum Romanorum |
| Religious stance | Jewish (*-1868) Protestant (1868-†) |
Philipp Jaffé (February 17, 1819 – April 3, 1870) was a German historian and philologist. Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Swarzędz is a town ( miasto) in central Poland of 29766 inhabitants and a mixed urban-rural commune ( gmina miejsko-wiejska) of 40166 inhabitants Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Wittenberge (ˌvɪtənˈbɛɐ̯ɡə is a town of twenty thousand people on the lower Elbe in the district of Prignitz (district capital Perleberg) Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state For other universities in Berlin see List of Universities in Berlin. Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval A doctorate is an Academic degree that indicates the highest level of academic achievement Leopold von Ranke ( December 21, 1795 – May 23, 1886) was a German Historian of the 19th century and frequently considered Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Schwersenz (then Prussia) native, despite discrimination against his Jewish religion, was one of the most important German medievalists of the 19th century. Swarzędz is a town ( miasto) in central Poland of 29766 inhabitants and a mixed urban-rural commune ( gmina miejsko-wiejska) of 40166 inhabitants Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state In academic usage medievalism is the study of the Middle Ages, also referred to as medieval studies. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar
After graduating from the gymnasium at Posen in 1838 he went to Berlin, entering a banking-house. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Two years later he abandoned commercial life and studied at Humboldt University of Berlin (Ph. For other universities in Berlin see List of Universities in Berlin. D. 1844). Seven years later appeared his great work, "Regesta Pontificum Romanorum ab Condita Ecclesia ad Annum p. Ch. n. 1198," containing 11,000 papal documents, Berlin, 1851 (2d ed. by Löwenfeld, Kaltenbrunner, and Ewald, Leipzig, 1885-88). This work made him well known, but he had still to earn a livelihood; he therefore again entered the university, this time as a student of medicine, at Berlin and later at Vienna. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. Graduating as M. D. from Berlin in 1853, he engaged in practise in that city for a year, and then became one of the editors of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica. The Monumenta Germaniae Historica (frequently abbreviated MGH in bibliographies and lists of sources is a comprehensive series of carefully edited and published sources This position he resigned in 1863, his chief work having been vols. xii, xvi, xvii, xviii, xix, and xx of the "Scriptores. "
In 1862 Jaffé was appointed assistant professor of history at Humboldt University of Berlin, where he lectured on Latin paleography and Roman and medieval chronology. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Palaeography, palæography ( British) or paleography ( American) (from the Greek grc παλαιός palaiós, Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC Definition A chronology may be either relative &mdashthat is locating related events relative to each other&mdashor ''absolute'' &mdashlocating In 1868 he became a Christian. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth During the last year of his life he suffered from delirium persecutionis.
Jaffé wrote, in addition to the above-mentioned works, Geschichte des Deutschen Reiches unter Lothar dem Sachsen, Berlin, 1843; Geschichte des Deutschen Reiches unter Konrad III. Hanover, 1845; and Bibliotheca Rerum Germanicarum, ib. 1864-71. Jaffé furthermore collaborated with Wilhelm Wattenbach in editing the Ecclesiæ Metropolitanæ Coloniensis Codices, which was published (Berlin, 1879) by Wattenbach after Jaffé's death. Wilhelm Wattenbach ( September 22, 1819 &ndash September 20, 1897) was a German Historian. Jaffé committed suicide at Wittenberge on April 3, 1870. Wittenberge (ˌvɪtənˈbɛɐ̯ɡə is a town of twenty thousand people on the lower Elbe in the district of Prignitz (district capital Perleberg) Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common