Richard Hodges, David Whitehouse

Mohammed, Charlemagne, and the Origins of Europe

The Pirenne Thesis in the Light of Archaeology

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Produktbeschreibung

'In this book, Richard Hodges and David Whitehouse review the Pirenne thesis and test hypotheses advanced by some of Pirenne's critics in the light of archaeological information from the Mediterranean, northern Europe, and western Asia....The book succeeds extraordinarily well not only in integrating archaeology with traditionally researched history but also in interweaving European and Islamic history in the early medieval period.'--American Historical Review

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 1983
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 147mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 250g
• ISBN-13: 9780801492624
• ISBN-10: 0801492629
• Artikelnr.: 21002014

Autorenporträt

Richard Hodges and David Whitehouse

Inhaltsangabe

Preface1. Mohammed, Charlemagne and Pirenne2. The Decline of the Western Empire The historical setting
Long
distance trade
Rural settlement in Italy
Rome
Summary3. The Eastern Mediterranean, 500
850 The archaeological evidence
Byzantium and the Arabs
The Dark Ages
Conclusion4. North Sea Trade and Commerce, 500
800 The historical setting
Urban decay
Trade routes and trading stations5. Charlemagne and the Viking Connection The finances of the Carolingian Renaissance
Baltic trade6. The Abbasid Caliphate Baghdad
Trade in the Arabian Sea
The ports
The expansion of trade
Internal politics, 775
892
Samarra
Five conclusions7. The End of an Era Weakening of the oriental link
After 8308. Four HypothesesIndex Addenda