by Henri Pirenne · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420638942
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«Las ciudades de la Edad Media» is the historical essay by Henri Pirenne, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (176 pages, in Spanish).
Henri Pirenne studies the birth of medieval cities and argues that the Muslim expansion of the 8th century, not the Germanic invasions, broke Roman economic unity and caused a long commercial decline; the revival of trade later drove urban renaissance and the rise of the bourgeoisie.
Originally published in 1925; translation by Francisco Calvo Serraller. Part of the El Libro de Bolsillo - Historia collection.
Reference work for those interested in medieval, social and economic history; useful for both students and general readers.
Henri Pirenne was a Belgian nationalist and historian. A medievalist of Walloon descent, he wrote a multivolume history of Belgium in French and became a prominent public intellectual. Pirenne made a lasting contribution to the study of cities that was a controversial interpretation of the end of Roman civilization and the rebirth of medieval urban culture. He also became prominent in the nonviolent resistance to the Germans who occupied Belgium in World War I.
