Mohammed and Charlemagne English translation by Bernard Miall, With no trade, manufacturing too suffered and cities were denuded of their population. Views Read Edit View history. Pirenne first formulated his thesis in articles and then expanded on them in Medieval Cities. Pero la libertad, al fin.
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The following year he moved to the University of Ghent, where he remained until his retirement in , as professor of medieval and Belgian history. He was imprisoned by the Germans —18 for refusing to teach while they occupied Belgium. While in prison he composed from memory a history of Europe that was published after his death.
His greatest work, Histoire de Belgique, 7 vol. A series of lectures delivered at Princeton N. In a work published posthumously, Mahomet et Charlemagne , he set forth the thesis that the Roman Empire and civilization declined not as a result of Germanic invaders, but rather because of Arab primacy in the Mediterranean by the 8th century. The decline of international trade and the disintegration of a money economy, he contended, brought about a regression to a less sophisticated, closed agricultural system based on a local subsistence economy and a stratified class system.
His radical reinterpretation of the transition between Roman and medieval civilizations stimulated a great deal of criticism and controversy, particularly his almost exclusively economic interpretation of causation in history. Get exclusive access to content from our First Edition with your subscription. He also served as director of the Belgian Royal Commission on History and as the first president of the International Historical Congress, beginning at Brussels in This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen , Corrections Manager.
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The following year he moved to the University of Ghent, where he remained until his retirement in , as professor of medieval and Belgian history. He was imprisoned by the Germans —18 for refusing to teach while they occupied Belgium. While in prison he composed from memory a history of Europe that was published after his death. His greatest work, Histoire de Belgique, 7 vol.
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