Mohammed and Charlemagne (eBook)

Henri Pirenne (Autor)

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2012
304 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-12225-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Remarkable classic that developed the revolutionary theory of how the advance and influence of Islam caused the Europe of the Roman Empire to evolve into the Europe of the Middle Ages.

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The final work of the great Belgian historian Henri Pirenne, this remarkable classic — published after his death — offers a revolutionary perspective on how Europe under the influence of a Roman Empire centered in Constantinople evolved into the Europe of Charlemagne and the Middle Ages.Departing from the standard view that Germanic invasions obliterated the Roman Empire, Pirenne advances the radical new thesis that "e;the cause of the break with the tradition of antiquity was the rapid and unexpected advance of Islam,"e; and event of historical proportions that prevented the western Mediterranean from being what it had always been: a thoroughfare of commerce and thought. It became instead what Pirenne refers to as "e;a Musulman lake,"e; thereby causing "e;the axis of life [to shift] northwards from the Mediterranean"e; for the first time in history.Brilliant and controversial, this volume garnered these words of praise from the critics: "e;It is a dull reader indeed who does not recognize the light of genius in the pages of this book, without doubt a landmark in contemporary historiography."e; — G. C. Boyce, Annals of the American Academy. "e;… Pirenne's crowning triumph. The fire of his genius, the boldness of his mind, his profound learning and vivid pen make this volume pleasant reading."e; — Commonweal. "e;… an important, seminal book, worthy to close one of the most distinguished careers in European scholarship."e; — Saturday Review of Literature.Pirenne's masterly study is essential reading for history students, medievalists, and general readers with an interest in the decline of the Roman Empire and the beginnings of the Middle Ages.

Inhalt

PREFACENOTEPart One WESTERN EUROPE BEFORE ISLAMI. THE CONTINUATION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN CIVILIZATION IN THE WEST AFTER THE GERMANIC INVASIONS 1. "Romania" before the Germans" 2. The Invasions 3. "The Germans in "Romania" 4. The Germanic States in the West 5. JustinianII. THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SITUATION AFTER THE INVASIONS AND THE MEDITERRANEAN NAVIGATION 1. Personal Property and the Soil 2. Navigation in the East. Syrians and Jews 3. Inland Commerce 4. Money and the Monetary CirculationIII. INTELLECTUAL LIFE AFTER THE INVASIONS 1. The Tradition of Antiquity 2. The Church 3. Art 4. The Secular Character of SocietyCONCLUSIONPart Two ISLAM AND THE CAROLINGIANSI. THE EXPANSION OF ISLAM IN THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN 1. The Islamic Invasion 2. The closing of the Western Mediterranean 3. Venice and ByzantiumII. THE CAROLINGIAN COUP D'ÉTAT AND THE VOLTE-FACE OF THE PAPACY 1. The Merovingian Decadance 2. The Carolingian Mayors of the Palace 3. "Italy, the Pope, and Byzantium. The volte-face of the Papacy" 4. The New EmpireIII. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MIDDLE AGES 1. Economic and Social Organization 2. Political Organization 3. Intellectual CivilizationCONCLUSIONINDEX

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.4.2012
• Zusatzinfo: -
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Antike
• Schlagworte: 10th • 284 • 8th centuries • Abjection • Africa • afterwards • anarchical • Ancient World • arab conquest • Atilla • books on 8th centuries • books on arab conquests • books on christian conversions • books on contemporary scholars • books on eastern empires • books on economic declines • books on eighth centuries • books on european civilizations • books on germanic tribes • books on latin quotations • books on mediterranean worlds • books on modern europes • books on roman worlds • books on seventh centuries • books on sixth centuries • books on southern europes • books on western empires • books on western romen • Byzantium • carolingian • Charlemagne • Charles Martel • christian conversion • Commerce • concluded • conquered • Conquests • Constantinople • contemporary scholars • deadly danger • distracted • dozen times • eastern empire • East-West • Economic Decline • edition published • eighth centuries • emanated • European civilization • feudalism • gained power • Gaul • Germanic tribes • Ghent • insuperable • invasions • Islam • Lappen • Late Antiquity • late roman • latin quotations • Marseilles • McCormick • Medieval History • Mediterranean basin • Mediterranean world • Meridian • merovingian • Middle Ages • Modern Europe • Mohammed • Muslim • Northern Africa • northwards • nouvelle • Papyrus • posthumously • Rhone • Roman Culture • Roman Empire • Roman World • Separation • seventh century • sixth centuries • societe • Southern Europe • southern France • subjection • tamerlane • Thesis • thoroughfare • timber • trade routes • UNITY • Western civilization • western cultural • western empire • Western Europe • Western Mediterranean • western roman
• ISBN-10: 0-486-12225-5 / 0486122255
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-12225-0 / 9780486122250