Ludwig Petry
German medievalist, historian of modern age and historian of eastern europe / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ludwig Petry (b. 3 June 1908 in Alzey, d. 25 November 1991 in Mainz) was a German historian.
Petry was born into lawyer's family and grew up in Darmstadt.[1] After the Matriculation examination he was studying Germans studies, history and history of arts at the University of Freiburg.[1]
Petry gained PhD in 1932. His thesis was titled Die Popplau. Eine Breslauer Kaufmannsfamilie des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts[2] He passed his habilitation in 1937. The title of his thesis was Breslau und seine Oberherren aus dem Haus Habsburg 1526-1635. Ein Beitrag zur politischen Geschichte der Stadt Breslau[1] From 1950 to 1973 he was working at the University of Mainz.[1][2]
Petry was member of the Historische Kommission für Nassau and the Verein für schlesische Kirchengeschichte.[2] He was editor-in-chief of Zeitschrift für Ostforschung (today Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropaforschung) from 1969 to 1991.[2]