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112: 97: 31: 47: 242:. By this he was officially given the title "(Ritter) von Maurer"; however he did not like the title and always preferred to be called just Maurer. In the same year, Maurer was offered his own chair at the 158:), where his father was appointed professor of German legal history. Here, Konrad Maurer's mother died when he was seven. His father never remarried. Konrad Maurer spent two years of his childhood in 474: 384:
was founded in Munich, with the aim to keep the memory of the scholar and person Konrad Maurer alive and to continue his work. On 21 February 2019, the Icelandic Konrad Maurer society
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Die Bekehrung des Norwegischen Stammes zum Christenthume, in ihrem geschichtlichen Verlaufe quellenmäßig geschildert
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Maurer was a leading authority of Germanic/Nordic legal and constitutional history. He had a special interest in
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Isländische Volkssagen der Gegenwart. Vorwiegend nach mündlicher Überlieferung gesammelt und verdeutscht
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Ueber das Wesen des ältesten Adels der deutschen Stämme in seinem Verhältniß zur gemeinen Freiheit
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and was an outspoken advocate for Icelandic political independence from Danish rule, supporting
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In 1858, Maurer undertook a personal travel to Iceland. Inspired by his contacts to
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This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Knowledge.
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Bowing to his father's wish, Konrad Maurer studied law at the Universities of
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where his father was appointed a member of the council of regency of king
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Throughout his life Maurer was a close friend to the Icelandic scholar
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Island, von seiner ersten Entdeckung bis zum Untergange des Freistaats
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Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst
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Commanders First Class of the Order of the Polar Star
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Commanders First Class of the Order of the Dannebrog
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On 18 September 2016, the German non-profit society
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and published them after his return under the title
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Members of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala
126:(April 29, 1823 – September 16, 1902) was a German 130:. He was the son of legal historian and statesman 461: 215:), he used the opportunity to collect Icelandic 434:Vorlesungen über altnordische Rechtsgeschichte 281:. A part of it is today in the libraries of 234:. In 1865, he was appointed a member of the 166:. Afterwards the family returned to Munich. 414:Die Gull-Þóris Saga oder Þorskfirðínga Saga 307:Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities 236:Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities 142:Konrad Heinrich Maurer was born in 1823 in 375: 353:Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian 292:Maurer had eight children. His eldest son 106:National and University Library of Iceland 395: 110: 95: 45: 29: 287:George Washington University Law School 14: 462: 100:Bust of Konrad Maurer by the sculptor 444:), 5 volumes, 1907-1910 (posthumous). 221:Isländische Volkssagen der Gegenwart 515:People from the Palatinate (region) 24: 25: 536: 313:Merit Order of the Bavarian Crown 240:Merit Order of the Bavarian Crown 382:Konrad-Maurer-Gesellschaft e. V. 226:Maurer read lectures in Munich, 520:German male non-fiction writers 115:Konrad Maurer's grave in Munich 470:19th-century German historians 13: 1: 448: 386:Konrad Maurer Félag á Íslandi 367:Commander First Class of the 360:Commander First Class of the 137: 7: 253:, the Norwegian folklorist 50:Photograph of Konrad Maurer 34:Konrad Maurer, painting by 10: 541: 495:Old Norse studies scholars 490:Germanic studies scholars 319:University of Christiania 299: 255:Peter Christen Asbjørnsen 244:University of Christiania 82: 63: 56: 335:Knight 1st Class of the 329:1882 honorary doctor of 323:1882 honorary doctor of 317:1876 honorary doctor of 296:became a mathematician. 500:People from Frankenthal 376:Konrad Maurer societies 362:Order of the Polar Star 325:University of Edinburgh 132:Georg Ludwig von Maurer 369:Order of the Dannebrog 349:Ludwigsorden (Bavaria) 347:Honorary Cross of the 331:University of Würzburg 116: 108: 51: 43: 27:German legal historian 396:Selected publications 263:Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 246:, which he declined. 114: 104:(1888), today in the 99: 49: 38:(1876), today in the 33: 337:Order of St. Michael 273:and the rest to the 251:Guðbrandur Vigfússon 186:Icelandic literature 311:1876 knight of the 305:1865 member of the 271:Harvard University 117: 109: 52: 44: 40:University of Oslo 355:Order of St. Olav 267:Alter Südfriedhof 124:Konrad von Maurer 94: 93: 18:Konrad von Maurer 16:(Redirected from 532: 89: 86:6 September 1902 77: 75: 54: 53: 21: 540: 539: 535: 534: 533: 531: 530: 529: 460: 459: 451: 398: 388:was founded in 378: 302: 283:Yale Law School 275:bar association 140: 128:legal historian 102:Joseph Echteler 87: 73: 71: 70: 69: 59: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 538: 528: 527: 522: 517: 512: 507: 502: 497: 492: 487: 482: 477: 472: 458: 457: 450: 447: 446: 445: 431: 425: 417: 411: 405: 397: 394: 377: 374: 373: 372: 365: 358: 351: 345: 341:Knight of the 339: 333: 327: 321: 315: 309: 301: 298: 213:Brothers Grimm 204:in his cause. 202:Jón Sigurðsson 164:Otto of Greece 139: 136: 92: 91: 90:(aged 79) 84: 80: 79: 67: 65: 61: 60: 57: 36:Knud Bergslien 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 537: 526: 523: 521: 518: 516: 513: 511: 508: 506: 503: 501: 498: 496: 493: 491: 488: 486: 483: 481: 478: 476: 473: 471: 468: 467: 465: 456: 453: 452: 443: 442:legal history 439: 435: 432: 429: 426: 423: 422: 418: 415: 412: 409: 406: 403: 400: 399: 393: 391: 387: 383: 370: 366: 363: 359: 356: 352: 350: 346: 344: 340: 338: 334: 332: 328: 326: 322: 320: 316: 314: 310: 308: 304: 303: 297: 295: 294:Ludwig Maurer 290: 288: 284: 280: 276: 272: 268: 264: 260: 257:, playwright 256: 252: 247: 245: 241: 237: 233: 229: 224: 222: 218: 214: 210: 205: 203: 199: 195: 191: 187: 182: 180: 176: 172: 167: 165: 161: 157: 153: 149: 145: 135: 133: 129: 125: 122:, since 1876 121: 120:Konrad Maurer 113: 107: 103: 98: 85: 81: 78:29 April 1823 68:Konrad Maurer 66: 62: 58:Konrad Maurer 55: 48: 41: 37: 32: 19: 454: 440:lectures on 433: 427: 419: 413: 407: 401: 385: 381: 379: 291: 259:Henrik Ibsen 248: 225: 220: 206: 183: 168: 141: 123: 119: 118: 88:(1902-09-06) 485:1902 deaths 480:1823 births 261:and writer 209:Jacob Grimm 144:Frankenthal 464:Categories 449:References 410:, 1855/56. 232:Kopenhagen 217:folk tales 211:(from the 148:Palatinate 74:1823-04-29 438:Old Norse 390:Reykjavík 371:(Denmark) 138:Biography 364:(Sweden) 357:(Norway) 279:New York 194:language 430:, 1874. 416:, 1858. 404:, 1846. 198:culture 190:history 175:Leipzig 156:Bavaria 300:Awards 230:, and 179:Berlin 171:Munich 160:Greece 152:Munich 285:and 228:Oslo 196:and 177:and 83:Died 64:Born 277:of 466:: 392:. 289:. 192:, 188:, 173:, 436:( 154:( 146:( 76:) 72:( 42:. 20:)

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Konrad von Maurer

Knud Bergslien
University of Oslo


Joseph Echteler
National and University Library of Iceland

legal historian
Georg Ludwig von Maurer
Frankenthal
Palatinate
Munich
Bavaria
Greece
Otto of Greece
Munich
Leipzig
Berlin
Icelandic literature
history
language
culture
Jón Sigurðsson
Jacob Grimm
Brothers Grimm
folk tales
Oslo
Kopenhagen

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