Medieval Cities: Their Origins and the Revival of Trade - Updated Edition David Josephson ISBN13: 9780764232305

ISBN13: 9780764232305

ISBN10: 1839012498

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Medieval Cities: Their Origins and the Revival of Trade - Updated Edition David Josephson ISBN13: 9780764232305Nearly a century after it was first published in 1925, Medieval Cities remains one of the most provocative works of medieval history ever written. Here, Henri Pirenne 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. The consequent interruption of long distance commerce accelerated the decline of the ancient