Mohammed and Charlemagne

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 Mid...

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Autor principal: Pirenne, Henri, 1862-1935 (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge 2008.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Routledge library editions. Islam ; v. 27.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario: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 ... ""
Notas:Originally published: London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1939.
Translated from the French.
Originally published under the title: Mohomet et Charlemagne.
Descripción Física:293 p.
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781135030186