Ernst Kantorowicz

Ernst Hartwig Kantorowicz
Ernst Kantorowicz in 1921
Born(1895-05-03)May 3, 1895
Posen, German Empire
DiedSeptember 9, 1963(1963-09-09) (aged 68)
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
NationalityGerman, American
OccupationHistorian
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Heidelberg
Doctoral advisorEberhard Gothein
Academic work
School or traditionGeorge circle (before 1933)
InstitutionsUniversity of Frankfurt
University of California, Berkeley
Institute for Advanced Study
Main interestsMedieval history
Political theology
Notable worksFrederick the Second
The King's Two Bodies
Influenced

Ernst Hartwig Kantorowicz (May 3, 1895 – September 9, 1963[7]) was a German historian of medieval political and intellectual history and art, known for his 1927 book Kaiser Friedrich der Zweite on Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, and The King's Two Bodies (1957) on medieval and early modern ideologies of monarchy and the state.[8] He was an elected member of both the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[9][10]

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  5. ^ Bratsis, Peter (2016). Everyday Life and the State. Abingdon: Routledge. p. 33.
  6. ^ McVicar, Michael (2015). Christian Reconstruction: R.J. Rushdoony and American Religious Conservatism. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. p. 28.
  7. ^ Lerner 2017, pp. 376, 385.
  8. ^ Norman F. Cantor, Inventing the Middle Ages, (1991) pp. 79-117.
  9. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  10. ^ "Ernst Hartwig Kantorowicz". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2022-12-21.