Nikolas Jaspert, Ph.D. (1995), is Professor for medieval history at the University of Heidelberg. He has published on the history of the Iberian Peninsula, mediterranean history, the crusades, and on medieval religious orders and urban history.Stefan Köck obtained his M.A., Ph.D. 2007 in Japanese History (Ruhr-Universität Bochum). Since 2006 he is lecturer in japanese history at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and coeditor of the Bochumer Jahrbuch zur Ostasienforschung. His research interest is esoteric Buddhism in the japanese middle ages.Matthias Bley, M.A., is a Teaching Assistant at the University of Heidelberg. His research interests cover notions of purity and defilement in medieval Christianity, the crusades and mediterranean history.

"die nachdrückliche Empfehlung der Lektüre des Bandes, der vor allem für vergleichende religionshistorische Fragen neue Perspektiven bietet." - Romedio Schmitz-Esser, in: Sehepunkte 17/9 (2017)

Nikolas Jaspert, Ph.D. (1995), is Professor for medieval history at the University of Heidelberg. He has published on the history of the Iberian Peninsula, mediterranean history, the crusades, and on medieval religious orders and urban history.Stefan Köck obtained his M.A., Ph.D. 2007 in Japanese History (Ruhr-Universität Bochum). Since 2006 he is lecturer in japanese history at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and coeditor of the Bochumer Jahrbuch zur Ostasienforschung. His research interest is esoteric Buddhism in the japanese middle ages.Matthias Bley, M.A., is a Teaching Assistant at the University of Heidelberg. His research interests cover notions of purity and defilement in medieval Christianity, the crusades and mediterranean history.

"die nachdrückliche Empfehlung der Lektüre des Bandes, der vor allem für vergleichende religionshistorische Fragen neue Perspektiven bietet." - Romedio Schmitz-Esser, in: Sehepunkte 17/9 (2017)

Nikolas Jaspert, Ph.D. (1995), is Professor for medieval history at the University of Heidelberg. He has published on the history of the Iberian Peninsula, mediterranean history, the crusades, and on medieval religious orders and urban history.Stefan Köck obtained his M.A., Ph.D. 2007 in Japanese History (Ruhr-Universität Bochum). Since 2006 he is lecturer in japanese history at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and coeditor of the Bochumer Jahrbuch zur Ostasienforschung. His research interest is esoteric Buddhism in the japanese middle ages.Matthias Bley, M.A., is a Teaching Assistant at the University of Heidelberg. His research interests cover notions of purity and defilement in medieval Christianity, the crusades and mediterranean history.

"die nachdrückliche Empfehlung der Lektüre des Bandes, der vor allem für vergleichende religionshistorische Fragen neue Perspektiven bietet." - Romedio Schmitz-Esser, in: Sehepunkte 17/9 (2017)