Henri Pirenne

Portrait of Pirenne, {{circa}} 1910 Henri Pirenne (; 23 December 1862 – 24 October 1935) was a Belgian historian. A medievalist of Walloon descent, he wrote a multivolume history of Belgium in French and became a prominent public intellectual. Pirenne made a lasting contribution to the study of cities that was a controversial interpretation of the end of Roman civilization and the rebirth of medieval urban culture. He also became prominent in the nonviolent resistance to the Germans who occupied Belgium in World War I.

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

Pirenne argued that profound social, economic, cultural, and religious movements in the long term resulted from equally profound underlying causes, and this attitude influenced Marc Bloch and the outlook of the French Annales School of social history. Though Pirenne had his opponents, notably Alfons Dopsch who disagreed on essential points, several recent historians of the Middle Ages have taken Pirenne's main theses, however much they are modified, as starting points. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Las ciudades medievales / by Pirenne, Henri, 1862-1935

    Published 1970
    Book
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    Historia de Europa : desde las invasiones al siglo XVI / by Pirenne, Henri, 1862-1935

    Published 1942
    Book
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    Historia económica y social de la Edad Media / by Pirenne, Henri, 1862-1935

    Published 1947
    Book
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    Historia económica y social de la Edad Media / by Pirenne, Henri, 1862-1935

    Published 1955
    Book
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    Las ciudades medievales / by Pirenne, Henri, 1862-1935

    Published 1962
    Book
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    Historia de Europa : desde las invasiones inglesas al siglo XVI / by Pirenne, Henri, 1862-1935

    Published 1942
    Book
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    Historia económica y social de la Edad Media / by Pirenne, Henri, 1862-1935

    Published 1963
    Book
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    Historia económica y social de la Edad Media / by Pirenne, Henri, 1862-1935

    Published 1960
    Book
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    Historia económica y social de la Edad Media / by Pirenne, Henri, 1862-1935

    Published 1955
    Book
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    Mahoma y Carlomagno / by Pirenne, Henri, 1862-1935

    Published 1979
    Book
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    Historia de Europa : desde las invasiones al siglo XVI / by Pirenne, Henri, 1862-1935

    Published 1942
    Book
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    Las ciudades medievales / by Pirenne, Henri, 1862-1935

    Published 1962
    Book
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    Historia económica y social de la Edad Media / by Pirenne, Henri, 1862-1935

    Published 1960
    Book
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    Historia económica y social de la Edad Media / by Pirenne, Henri 1862-1935

    Published 1969
    Book
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    Mahomet et Charlemagne / by Pirenne, Henri 1862-1935

    Published 1961
    Book
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    Las ciudades medievales / by Pirenne, Henri, 1862-1935

    Published 1970
    Book
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    Historia de Europa desde las invasiones al siglo XVI / by Pirenne, Henri, 1862-1935

    Published 1942
    Book