TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pirenne,Henri
TI  - Medieval cities: their origins and the revival of trade 
SN  - 9780691162393 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Princeton, NJ
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - Cities and towns, Medieval
KW  - Commerce
KW  - History
KW  -  Medieval, 500-1500
N1  - Tranlation of: Villes du Moyen Age; Includes bibliographical references and Index
N2  - 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
ER  -