Dr. Wolfgang Maaz, Lecturer: Psychology and History

Funding from the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Forschung, or ZiF), University of Bielefeld; Period: since 1990.

Since the 1970s, methods based in depth psychology have been permitted as complementary methods in medieval studies. The project aims to provide psychohistorical attempts, as reflected in literary texts, to clarify cultural phenomena with methodological security and to examine their content.