Pirenne’s major thesis is that it was the advance of Islam rather than the Germanic invasions that caused the break with antiquity and the consequent decline of Western civilization in the Middle Ages.” “This last work of the great Belgian scholar Henri Pirenne offered a new and revolutionary interpretation of the evolution of Europe from the time of Constantine to that of Charlemagne. In this more mature work Pirenne takes a broader historical claim, arguing that, as the editor claims: There his fundamental thesis concerned the Medieval world and centered around his contention that the control of water ways, the rivers and the Mediterranean Sea, shaped the nature of the cities. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1956 from 1935 original.įive years ago I read Henri Pirenne’s earlier book MEDIEVAL CITIES and found it just fascinating. Translated from the French by Bernard Miall. Pirenne, Henri – MOHAMMED AND CHARLEMAGNE MOHAMMED AND CHARLEMAGNE By Henri Pirenne.
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