Birthdate: December 23, 1862
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Verviers, Belgium
Died: October 25, 1935
Henri Pirenne, a Belgian historian, is renowned for his significant contributions to the study of cities and European history. He authored a comprehensive history of Belgium in French, emphasizing the beginnings of the Middle Ages, changes in trade, and the evolution of the medieval city. Pirenne’s contentious Pirenne Thesis suggested a connection between the decline of Roman civilization and the rise of medieval urban culture. His research has had a lasting impact on the French Annales School of social history and serves as a foundational reference for historians exploring the Middle Ages.
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