Wilhelm Maurenbrecher

Karl Peter Wilhelm Maurenbrecher (21 December 1838 – 6 November 1892, Leipzig) was a German historian.

After conducting research work at Simancas in Spain,[1] he successively became an associate and full professor of history at the University of Dorpat (1867).

[2] Afterwards, he attained professorships in history at Königsberg (1869), Bonn (1877) and Leipzig (1884), where he was successor to his late friend Carl von Noorden.

As a Protestant historian, Maurenbrecher felt an obligation to treat Catholic history objectively.

Maurenbrecher depicted the Dutch scholar Erasmus as a pioneer and proponent of Catholic reform.