All Outputs (12)

Employer demand for languages graduates in Scotland: a case study in the Financial Services sector. (2013)
Journal Article
Fischer, M. (2013). Employer demand for languages graduates in Scotland: a case study in the Financial Services sector. Scottish Languages Review, 26, 3-12

This article investigates the employers' preferences when hiring graduates to work in the financial services sector in Edinburgh. It is based on five in-depth semi-structured interviews with managers in the sector. The findings show that a global men... Read More about Employer demand for languages graduates in Scotland: a case study in the Financial Services sector..

Establishing Prussia as a locus for crusade: the role of Nicolaus von Jeroschin’s Chronicle of Prussia. (2013)
Book Chapter
Fischer, M. (2013). Establishing Prussia as a locus for crusade: the role of Nicolaus von Jeroschin’s Chronicle of Prussia. In Medieval Mobilities: From Scandinavia to the Slavic Lands. Brepols

This article aims to show how the Teutonic Order exploited the cult of pilgrimage and traditional crusading appeals to position Prussia as a locus for crusade. In order to justify diverting crusaders to north-eastern Europe it was necessary to show t... Read More about Establishing Prussia as a locus for crusade: the role of Nicolaus von Jeroschin’s Chronicle of Prussia..

Language choice as a potential source of Intercultural discord in English-Mandarin business encounters. (2013)
Journal Article
Fischer, M. (2013). Language choice as a potential source of Intercultural discord in English-Mandarin business encounters. China media research, 9, 45

Until recently Anglophone business research into the issues surrounding the costs of and barriers to internationalisation has focused on cultural barriers and their potential for conflict and misunderstanding. Most of this research assumes that, as E... Read More about Language choice as a potential source of Intercultural discord in English-Mandarin business encounters..

The Depiction of Women in the Historical Narrative of the German Order (2012)
Journal Article
Fischer, M. (2012). The Depiction of Women in the Historical Narrative of the German Order. Zeitschrift fuer deutsches Altertum,

This paper analyses the portrayal of women in the Livländische Reimchronik and Nikolaus von Jeroschin’s Kronike von Pruzinlant, the two earliest German language chronicles written by members of the German Order to describe the conquest of Livonia and... Read More about The Depiction of Women in the Historical Narrative of the German Order.

The Book in Germany. (2010)
Book
(2010). M. Fischer, & W. A. Kelly (Eds.), The Book in Germany. Merchiston Publishing

The articles in this edited collection trace the history of the book in Germany from the manuscript tradition through to the twentieth century. Contents: 1. Mary Fischer: Winning Hearts and Minds: the role of the written word in the crusades in nort... Read More about The Book in Germany..

Winning Hearts and Minds: the role of the written word in the Crusades in north-eastern Europe in the fourteenth century. (2010)
Book Chapter
Fischer, M. (2010). Winning Hearts and Minds: the role of the written word in the Crusades in north-eastern Europe in the fourteenth century. In The Book in Germany (1-15). Merchiston Publishing

This article examines how literary outputs and chronicles in particular were used in the fourteenth century by the order's leadership to document, justify and popularise the Teutonic Order's crusades in Prussia.

The Chronicle of Prussia by Nicolaus von Jeroschin. A History of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia 1190-1331. (2010)
Book
Fischer, M. (2010). The Chronicle of Prussia by Nicolaus von Jeroschin. A History of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia 1190-1331. Ashgate Publishing

This text is a translation of the fourteenth century Middle High German chronicle, Kronike von Pruzinlant by Nicolaus von Jeroschin. The chronicle is the main source of the early history of Prussia and is of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate... Read More about The Chronicle of Prussia by Nicolaus von Jeroschin. A History of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia 1190-1331..

‘Des tûvils kint?’ The German Order’s perception of its enemies as revealed in the Krônike von Prûzinlant (2007)
Journal Article
Fischer, M. (2007). ‘Des tûvils kint?’ The German Order’s perception of its enemies as revealed in the Krônike von Prûzinlant. Archiv, 159, 260-275

The books of the Maccabees and the Teutonic Order. (2006)
Journal Article
Fischer, M. (2006). The books of the Maccabees and the Teutonic Order. Crusades, 4, 59-71

Biblical heroes and the uses of literature. The Teutonic Order in the late Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries. (2001)
Book Chapter
Fischer, M. (2001). Biblical heroes and the uses of literature. The Teutonic Order in the late Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries. In A. V. Murray (Ed.), Crusade and Conversion on the Baltic Frontier 1150 – 1500 (261-275). Ashgate Publishing

The Nazi Elite (1995)
Journal Article
Smelser, R., & Zitelmann, R. (1995). The Nazi Elite. Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 25(4), 706. https://doi.org/10.2307/205817

No abstract available.

Language management in the UK: strategies for dealing with foreign language encounters in the financial sector
Working Paper
Fischer, M. Language management in the UK: strategies for dealing with foreign language encounters in the financial sector

Much of the current research into language management in multinational companies (MNCs) focuses on the issues faced by non-native English speakers. This pilot study attempts to broaden the debate by addressing on the attitudes to language use in inte... Read More about Language management in the UK: strategies for dealing with foreign language encounters in the financial sector.