Ferdinand Gregorovius. Poetry and Science. Collected German and Italian Letters

The digital edition Ferdinand Gregorovius. Poetry and Science. Collected German and Italian Letters by the Deutsches Historisches Institut in Rome (DHI Rom) offers a representative selection of the correspondence of the German historian and journalist Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821-1981). The collected German and Italian letters are offered as a critical digital-born edition in their original language with comprehensive commentary. Ferdinand Gregorovius lived in Rome for more than 20 years, where he wrote his main work, the "Geschichte der Stadt Rom im Mittelalter", which in 1876 made him an honorary citizen of the city. In addition to his historiographical and literary oeuvre he has left several thousand letters in which he, a contemporary witness, sheds light on Italian and German history of science as well as on politics and culture of the 19th century. Whilst travelling Gregorovius corresponded in particular with learned writers and artists. Around 1090 letters have been edited in TEI-P5, mainly based on the DTA-Basisformat. There are lists of persons, works, places, literature, works, corporate names in cmif.xml format providing a systematic access to the data. The project was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) from 2017 to 2023. In addition, the project was supported by the Gerda Henkel Foundation between 2018 and 2023.