Companion to Medieval Vienna

Elisabeth Gruber, Ph.D. (2002), University of Salzburg, is Senior Scientist at the Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture, University of Salzburg. She has published a monograph, and a range of articles on medieval and urban History, including Kulturgeschichte der Überlieferung im Mittelalter, together with Ch. Lutter and O.J. Schmitt (Vienna, 2017). Susana Zapke, Ph.D. (1993), University of Hamburg, Habilitation (2010) University of Salzburg, is Full Professor of Musicology at the University of Music and Arts of the City of Vienna. She is the project manager of several research projects on the Franco-Roman tradition, as well as on medieval and renaissance Vienna. She has published several monographs and articles, such as The Weitra Fragment: A Central European Source of Late Medieval Polyphony, together with Peter Wright (Music & Letters, 2015) .

"We have before us a most valuable book, which, in its entirely explains from multiple angles the beginnings of the Viennese genius loci. A Companion to Medieval Vienna comprises indispensable reading material for future researchers into Vienna’s history, and, as a rich compendium of comparative data, for all historians of cities, society, and culture in medieval and early modern Europe." Grzegorz Myśliwski, in The Medieval Review, 22.05.15. See the full reviewhere.