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'''Georg Waitz''' (9 October 1813 – 24 May 1886) was a German medieval historian and politician. Waitz is often spoken of as the
==Biography==
He was born at [[Flensburg]], in the [[duchy of Schleswig]], and educated at the Flensburg gymnasium and the universities of [[university of Kiel|Kiel]] and [[Humboldt University of Berlin|Berlin]]. The influence of Ranke early diverted him from his original purpose of studying law, and while still a student he began that series of researches in German medieval history which was to be his life's work.<ref name="EB1911" />
On graduating at Berlin in August 1836, Waitz went to [[Hanover]] to assist Pertz in the great national work of publishing the ''[[Monumenta Germaniae historica]]''; and the energy and learning he displayed in that position won him a summons to the chair of history at Kiel in 1842. The young professor soon began to take an interest in politics, and in 1846 entered the provincial diet as representative of his university. His leanings were strongly German, so that he became somewhat obnoxious to the Danish government, a fact which made an invitation in 1847 to become professor of history at [[University of Göttingen|Göttingen]] peculiarly acceptable.
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The [[Revolutions of 1848|political events of 1848-1849]], however, delayed his appearance in his new chair. When the German party in Schleswig and the [[duchy of Holstein]] rose against the Danish government during the [[First Schleswig War]], Waitz hastened to place himself at the service of the provisional government. He was sent to Berlin to represent the interests of the duchies there, and during his absence he was elected by Kiel as a delegate to the [[Frankfurt Parliament]]. Waitz was an adherent of the party who were eager to bring about a union of the German states under a German emperor; and when King [[Frederick William IV of Prussia]] declined the imperial crown the professor withdrew from the assembly in disappointment, and ended his active share in public life.
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==Works==
Waitz's
*''Deutsche Verfassungsgeschichte'' (8 vols, Kiel, 1844–1878; 2nd ed., 2 vols only, 1865–1870)
*''Schleswig-Holsteins Geschichte'' (2 vols, Göttingen, 1851–1854; the 3rd vol. was never published)
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*''Das alte Recht der salischen Franken'' (Kiel, 1846)
*''Deutsche Kaiser von Karl dem Grossen bis Maximilian'' (Berlin, 1872)
Obituary notices of Waitz are to be found in the ''Historische Zeitschrift'', new series, vol. xx.; in the publications for 1886 of the ''Berlin Academie der Wissenschaften'', the ''Göttingen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften'', and the ''Hansischer Geschichtsverein''; in the ''Historisches Jahrbuch der Görres Gesellschaft'', vol. viii.; and in the ''Revue historique'', vol. xxxi.
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