Lutz Raphael, born in 1955, is professor of Early Modern and Modern History at the University of Trier. He has also held guest professorships in Oxford and Paris. He is a member of the Mainz Academy of Sciences and Literature as well as the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. In 2013 he received the Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation.
Lutz Raphael, born in 1955, is professor of Early Modern and Modern History at the University of Trier. He has also held guest professorships in Oxford and Paris. He is a member of the Mainz Academy of Sciences and Literature as well as the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. In 2013 he received the Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation.
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