Lienhard Thaler

Lienhard Thaler is a Researcher at the University of Vienna's Department of Economic and Social History within the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies. He holds a Doctorate in History from the University of Vienna (2023) and completed teacher training in History and German at the University of Innsbruck (2015). He is the spokesperson for the FSP 'Economy and Society from a Historical and Cultural Perspective' and actively participates in numerous research networks like GIRO (Medieval Finance Network) and the Pipe Roll Society.

Education:

• PhD in History, University of Vienna (2017–2023)
• Mag. phil. in History/Social Studies, University of Innsbruck (2009–2015)
• Bachelor's in History, University of Innsbruck (2011–2014)

Research Interests:

• Economic and social history of medieval Europe, focusing on Tyrol
• Princely finances, manorialism, and medieval monetary systems
• Analysis of medieval accounting practices and debt management
• Historical methodologies in source analysis

Publications: His work emphasizes medieval finance and governance, including studies on Tyrolean princely finances, medieval mortgages, and monastic accounting. Recent work includes a book project on the Counts of Tyrol's finances (Palgrave Macmillan) and contributions to Das Mittelalter and VSWG.

Awards:

• DSHCS Scholarship (2021)
• uni:docs Fellowship (2017)

Teaching & Supervision: Teaches courses on historical research methods, medieval economic history, and historiography. Supervises students in medieval socio-economic topics but no explicit student names listed.

Labs/Teams: Co-organizes conferences for the Working Group for Late Medieval Economic History and chairs sessions at the International Medieval Congress. Active in Tyrolean Historical Society and the South Tyrolean Castle Institute.