An Analysis of Pirenne’s Thesis on the Medieval Urbanization (5066 words, 7 pages)
Introduction In 1921, the Belgian historian Henri Pirenne postulated a theory concerning the emergence of towns and trade during the medieval period. Known as Pirenne's Thesis, it challenged the prevailing notion of previous historians such as Petrarch, Niccolo Machiavelli, Edward Gibbon, and others who believed that Germanic influences ended medieval ...
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