Medieval cities : their origins and the revival of trade / Henri Pirenne ; translated from the French by Frank D. Halsey ; with a new introduction by Michael McCormick.

By:

Pirenne, Henri, 1862-1935

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2014.Description: 185 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780691162393

Uniform titles:

Villes du Moyen Age. English

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Summary: Nearly a century after it was first published in 1925, Medieval Cities remains one of the most provocative works of medieval history ever written. This book 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.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	قاعة المكتبات المهداة - الدور الرابع	المكتبة المركزبة الجديدة - جامعة القاهرة	323.352 P667 c.1 H.R. (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C.1	Available		01000110204217000
Books	قاعة المكتبات المهداة - الدور الرابع	المكتبة المركزبة الجديدة - جامعة القاهرة	323.352 P667 c.2 H.R. (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C.1	Available		01000110204582000

Tranlation of: Villes du Moyen Age.

Includes bibliographical references and Index

Nearly a century after it was first published in 1925, Medieval Cities remains one of the most provocative works of medieval history ever written. This book 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.

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