Die deutschsprachige Mittelalterforschung und Katalonien: Geschichte, Schwerpunkte, Ertr ge [Medieval research in the German-speaking countries and Catalonia: History, main topics, and results]

The article presents a report on German medieval research on Catalonia in four steps: first, the different levels of contacts between Catalonia and Germany in medieval times – i.e. diplomatic, economic, and cultural contacts – are described. The second part of the article gives an overview of the German-speaking medievalists who have dedicated their research to the Catalan medieval history between the mid-19th century and the present. The third part of the contribution intends to systematically describe the areas of research most popular among the German scholars of Catalonian medieval history, naming at the same time some subjects that remained less well studied. Finally, the more recent contributions are evaluated according to the traditions they pursue, and the innovations that they introduce. An extensive bibliography completes the article.