Wolf Liebeschuetz

John Hugo Wolfgang Gideon Liebeschuetz (born 22 June 1927) is a British historian who specializes in the history of Roman religion.

Biography

Wolf Liebeschuetz was born in Hamburg on 22 June 1927, the son of historian Hans Liebeschuetz and physician Rahel Plaut. His family was Jewish, and they fled Nazi Germany for the United Kingdom in December 1938. Liebeschuetz graduated with a degree in history from the University College London in 1951. He worked as a research assistant at the University of Leicester since 1963. In 1979 he was appointed Professor and Head of the Institute for Classical and Archaeological Studies at the University of Nottingham. He retired from this position in 1992, becoming a member of the British Academy. Liebeschuetz specialized in the study of Roman religion.[1]

Selected bibliography

• Continuity and Change in Roman Religion, 1979
• Barbarians and Bishops. Army, Church and State in the Age of Arcadius and Chrysostom, 1990
• The Decline and Fall of the Roman City, 2001
• Decline and Change in Late Antiquity. Religion, Barbarians and their Historiography, 2006
• Ambrose and John Chrysostom, 2011
• East and West in Late Antiquity, 2015

References

1. Liebeschuetz 2015, pp. vii-xxiii.

Sources

• Liebeschuetz, Wolf (2015). East and West in Late Antiquity: Invasion, Settlement, Ethnogenesis and Conflicts of Religion. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-28952-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Further reading

• Drinkwater, J. F.; Salway, Benet (2007). Wolf Liebeschuetz reflected: essays presented by colleagues, friends, & pupils. Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London. ISBN 978-1-905670-04-8.