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Regesten zur Geschichte der Juden in Österreich im Mittelalter

Regesten zur Geschichte der Juden in Österreich im Mittelalter, commented by Renate Spreitzer (IMAF)

Links:

http://www.injoest.ac.at/upload/Regesten_Text.pdf [02.05.2013]

http://www.studienverlag.at/material/STV/OpenAccess/4831openaccess.pdf [02.05.2013]

The Institute for Jewish History in Austria (INJOEST, until 2008 Institute for the History of Jews in Austria), was founded in 1988. Since 2011 the Institute has been affiliated to the Institut für österreichische Geschichtsforschung (University of Vienna). Its task is to carry out comprehensive research into the history and culture of the Jews in (today’s) Austria, from the Middle Ages up to the present day.

One of the main areas of research is the collection of medieval sources of Jewish history in Austria. Since 1988 these very important sources have been collected and prepared for publishing, among them many diplomas as well as historiographic and literary sources.

In 2005 and 2010 two volumes of „Regesten zur Geschichte der Juden in Österreich im Mittelalter“ were published by Eveline Brugger and Birgit Wiedl in printed form. They contain a total of 1144 regests in chronological order, from the beginnings until 1338 (vol. 1) and from 1339 until 1365 (vol. 2). An index of persons and places as well as a bibliography complete the volumes. Both volumes were scanned and are available online in pdf-format.

Two volumes covering the periods from 1366–1386 and from 1387–1404 sponsored by the Austrian Science Fund are currently being prepared and it is to be expected that they will be digitized as well.

The websites were set up and processed by the Institute for Jewish History in Austria in 2005 and 2010 respectively. The digitization of the two volumes being complete, there are as yet no plans to further develop or update the website. It is to be expected, however, that at the end of the ongoing projects resulting volumes will be digitized as well.

The online-version of „Regesten zur Geschichte der Juden in Österreich“ is available in German only. The pdf-file is searchable word by word.

There is no possibility for the user to annotate, correct or add to the material directly. All levels of the website are available on open access and for free, login is not required.