Herbert Grundmann (February 14, 1902 - March 20, 1970) was a German historian, soldier and professor who was the editorial director of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica.
Grundmann's doctoral thesis was finished in 1926, less than two years after beginning, and earned him his degree summa cum laude.
[1] For his Habilitation (1926–1928), Grundmann continued editing the works of Joachim of Fiore and studying the Joachite prophetic tradition.
His Habilitation was finished in 1933, it was accepted at Leipzig and was later published in English as Religious Movements in the Middle Ages in 1935.
[3] In 1959, Grundmann became the president of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica, a prestigious series of carefully edited and published sources for the study of European history.