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Henri Pirenne

Born

in Uccle, Belgium

December 23, 1862

Died

October 25, 1935

Genre

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Henri Pirenne was a leading Belgian historian. He also became prominent in the non-violent resistance to the Germans who occupied Belgium in World War I.

Henri Pirenne's reputation today rests on three contributions to European history. First, what has become known as the Pirenne Thesis, concerning origins of the Middle Ages in reactive state formation and shifts in trade; secondly, for a distinctive view of Belgium's medieval history; and, thirdly, for his model on the development of the medieval city.

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Average rating: 3.93 · 2,014 ratings · 200 reviews · 191 distinct works • Similar authors

	Medieval Cities: Their Origins and the Revival of Trade 3.87 avg rating — 818 ratings — published 1925 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mohammed and Charlemagne really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 731 ratings — published 1937 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe (Economic History) 3.90 avg rating — 246 ratings — published 1933 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of Europe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 1936 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stages in the Social History of Capitalism 3.86 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1914	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Early Democracies in the Low Countries: Urban Society and Political Conflict in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1971 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A History of Europe Vol. 1 by Henri Pirenne, Bernard Miall (Translator), Jan-Albert Goris (Introduction) 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Histoire de Belgique. Des origines à nos jours. Tome I 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A History of Europe Vol. II: From the Thirteenth Century to the Renaissance and Reformation) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1956	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Belgian Democracy: Its Early History 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Henri Pirenne

Histoire de Belgique (7 books)
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Henri Pirenne

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Peuples et civilisations. Histoire générale. (1ère série) (6 books)
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Henri Pirenne,

Louis Halphen,

Augustin Renaudet,

M. Handelsman,

E. Perroy

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“One thing is certain—that there was an active circulation of money. We must repudiate the idea that the people of the Merovingian epoch lived under a system of natural economy.”
― Henri Pirenne, Mohammed and Charlemagne

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“L'Islam a rompu l'unité méditerranéenne que les invasions germaniques avaient laissé subsister.

C'est là le fait le plus essentiel qui se soit passé dans l'histoire européenne depuis les guerres puniques. C'est la fin de la tradition antique. C'est le commencement du Moyen Age, au moment même où l'Europe était en voie de se byzantiniser.”
― Henri Pirenne

tags: antiquity, invasions, middle-ages, moyen-age

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“Pirenne was quite right that the ancient trading economy continued after the first invasions and the establishment of the mixed Romano-barbarian successor kingdoms. Some kind of connectivity by sea endured continuously, even if at very low levels (Horden and Purcell 2000).”
― Henri Pirenne, Medieval Cities: Their Origins and the Revival of Trade - Updated Edition

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