Klaus Graf: Eine von Himmler angeregte antikirchliche Kampfschrift Arnold Ruges (1881-1945) über die Hexenprozesse (1936), in: Himmlers Hexenkartothek. Das Interesse des Nationalsozialismus an der Hexenverfolgung, hrsg. von Sönke Lorenz, Dieter R. Bauer, Wolfgang Behringer und Jürgen Michael Schmidt (= Hexenforschung 4), Bielefeld 1999, S. 35…[Read more]

The essay discusses the research possibilities created by the computer for diplomatic research. Following the steps of traditional scholarly work with medieval documentary heritage (heuristics, documentation, comparison, grouping, establishing rules, diplomatic critique, scholarly edition) it evaluates recent studies applying digital methods to…[Read more]

Reviews published by Klaus Graf in printed journals or in the internet 1981-2022

Adelskrise, in: Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit, hrsg. von Friedrich Jäger, Bd. 1, Stuttgart 2005, Sp. 62-64

Adelsehre, in: Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit, hrsg. von Friedrich Jäger, Bd. 1, Stuttgart 2005, Sp. 54-56

Klaus Graf: Hat F. W. E. Roth (1853-1924) auch Johannes Gutenbergs Todestag gefälscht? in: Reviewing Gutenberg. Historische Konzepte und Rezeptionen (= Geschichtliche Landeskunde 76). Hrsg. von Michael Matheus, Heidrun Ochs und Kai-Michael Sprenger. Stuttgart 2021, S. 305-329

Ringe in Kulturgeschichte und Erzählforschung, in: Ringe der Macht, hrsg. von Harald Meller u.a. (= Tagungen des Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte Halle 21), Halle 2019, S. 163-176

Rings in cultural history and narrative research.

Stories about vanished rings, whether found again in the
belly of a fish or – as at Merseburg – pilfered by the r…[Read more]

The essay discusses the last witch execution in Baden-Württemberg, where on 24 April 1751 Anna Schnidenwind, born Trutt, died at the stake in Endingen, because she is said to have caused the devastating fire in the village of Wyhl on 7 March 1751.

The paper discusses the question whether methods applied in work with prosopographical data can be integrated into an ”International
Proposography Interoperability Framework” (IPIF) comparable to the IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework). It suggests
basing this upon a RESTful interface defined in a publicly available def…[Read more]

Codex myths and fantasies of codex are closely related phenomena that are about the claim of old books as authorities.

I. High medieval source fictions
II The Renaissance – the age of forgeries?
III. Genealogical fakes
IV. Monastery Lorch, hoard of mysterious manuscripts

This Contribution to the history of nobility of the Schwäbisch Gmünd (Germany) region presents the family histories of the following families:

– von Weinsberg
– von Rechberg
– Ruch (Schwäbisch Gmünd citizen)
– Bertnang (Schwäbisch Gmünd citizen)
– von Degenfeld
– Feierabend (Schwäbisch Gmünd citizen)
– Vetzer von Brogenhofen
– von Nen…[Read more]

The paper describes the special interest in edition by historians and the resulting editorial practice in contrast to the methods applied by pure philological textual criticism. The interest in historical ‘facts’ suggests methods trying to create formal representations of the information conveyed by the text in structured databases. This can be…[Read more]

Urban imaginations: “Erzähl-Male” (monuments generating narratives, iconic myths) and proverbs as media of remembrance. Contribution to the Regensburg Conference “Stadtgeschichte(n)” 2016. PREPRINT.