Medieval Cities (eBook)

Their Origins and the Revival of Trade - Updated Edition

Henri Pirenne (Autor)

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2014 | Updated Edition
208 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-5120-1 (ISBN)

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Henri Pirenne (1862-1935) was professor emeritus at Ghent University and one of the world's leading historians. His books include Mohammed and Charlemagne and Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe. Michael McCormick is the Francis Goelet Professor of Medieval History at Harvard University.

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Nearly a century after it was first published in 1925, Medieval Cities remains one of the most provocative works of medieval history ever written. Here, Henri Pirenne argues that it was not the invasion of the Germanic tribes that destroyed the civilization of antiquity, but rather the closing of Mediterranean trade by Arab conquest in the seventh century. The consequent interruption of long-distance commerce accelerated the decline of the ancient cities of Europe. Pirenne challenges conventional wisdom by attributing the origins of medieval cities to the revival of trade, tracing their growth from the tenth century to the twelfth. He also describes the important role the middle class played in the development of the modern economic system and modern culture.Featuring a new introduction by Michael McCormick, this Princeton Classics edition of Medieval Cities is essential reading for all students of medieval European history.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Classics
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Classics
• Einführung: Michael McCormick
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: Anatolia • Anglo-Saxons • Appellation • archaeology • aristocracy • Arles • Arras • attempt • bailiff • Bruges • Byzantium • Carolingian dynasty • Carolingian Empire • Cistercians • Civilization • Commodity • Count of Flanders • deep history • Demesne • Diocese • Douai • Early Middle Ages • Eastern Mediterranean • Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction • Economic Development • Europe • feudalism • Forms of Government • Francia • Fraud • Governing (magazine) • Gregory of Tours • Hedeby • hegemony • Henry the Fowler • Institution • investiture • Jews • Jurisdiction • Late Antiquity • Lecture • Legislation • Liquid Capital • Literature • Lombards • Lombardy • Looting • Louis the Pious • Magistrate • Marseille • Merovingian dynasty • Meuse • Middle Ages • middle class • Municipal charter • Municipal Law • Nantes • Nobility • Northern Europe • Oppidum • peasant • Polder • Pope Victor III • principality • printing • public administration • Quentovic • Quit-rent • residence • Roman economy • Roman Empire • Roman province • Rouen • russians • Scheldt • Seigneur • serfdom • servitor • Simony • Slavs • Social Order • southern Italy • Southern Russia • Sovereignty • Statute • Suzerainty • syrians • Tax • The Ancient Economy • The East and the West • The Goths • theodoric • Tournai • usury • Vassal • Visigoths • Wealth • Western Europe • Writing • Ypres
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-5120-3 / 1400851203
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-5120-1 / 9781400851201