Henri Pirenne

Mohammed and Charlemagne (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This posthumous work of the renowned scholar Henri Pirenne (originally published in 1939) offered a new and decisive explanation of the evolution of Europe from the time of Constantine to that of Charlemagne. His revolutionary ideas overthrew many of the most cherished conceptions concerning the Middle Ages: namely that "the Germanic invasions destroyed neither the Mediterranean unity of the ancient world, nor the essential features of Roman culture" and that "the cause of the break with the tradition of antiquity was the advance of Islam..."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135030179
• Artikelnr.: 38457553

Autorenporträt

Henri Pirenne

Inhaltsangabe

The Continuation of the Mediterranean Civilization in the West after the
Germanic Invasions
The Economic and Social Situation after the Invasions and the Mediterranean
Navigation
Intellectual Life After the Invasions
The Expanison of Islam in the Mediterranean Basin
The Carolingian Coup d'Etat and the Volte-Face of the Papacy
The Beginnings of the Middle Ages