Current research interests
- Governance/rulership in the late Staufen period
- Legitimation strategies of the Valois-dukes of Burgundy
- History of crafts, trades and artisanship in the late middle ages
- Material culture of the late medieval/early modern period, focusing on arms & armour
Professional experience
2021 - 2026
Research/graduate assistant at the Chair for Bavarian Regional History, University of Regensburg
05/2023 - 08/2023
Assistant to the Workgroup Manager at the Institute of History, University of Regensburg
04/2026
Doctoral researcher at the Chair for Medieval History, University of Regensburg
Academic background
2025
M. A. in medieval studies from the University of Regensburg
2023
B. A. in history and art history from the University of Regensburg
Read medieval history, auxiliary historical sciences and philosophy at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg and King’s College London (Magister, not graduated)
Publications
Essays/shorter pieces
„ganz gold und erhobener schmelzwergkarbeit“. Vier Rapiergarnituren als Geschenke der Habsburger an die Albertiner, in: Dresdener Kunstblätter 69/2 (2025), p. 4-15
Object description: Jagdbesteck/Vorlegebesteck Maximilians I., in: Schubert, Alexander u. Heimann, Simone: Die Habsburger im Mittelalter. Aufstieg einer Dynastie. Ausstellungskatalog Historisches Museum der Pfalz Speyer, Darmstadt 2022, p. 256 f.
Mit anderen Augen sehen. Anmerkungen zum Besteck aus der Jagdkammer des Abts von Kremsmünster, in: Eisner-B., Barbara u. Mayer, Kuno Erich (Hg.): Wir Friedrich III. & Maximilian I. Ausstellungskatalog Benediktinerstift Admont, Admont 2021, p. 98-103, 155 and 352
Translations
Scalini, Mario: A parade helmet linked to Henry II of France, in: Waffen- und Kostümkunde 67/1 (2025), p. 19-34 (from Italian)
Michael Zimmermann M.A.
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