Henri Pirenne Quotes

The cause of the break with the tradition of antiquity was the rapid and unexpected advance of Islam. The result of this advance was the final separation of East from West, and the end of the Mediterranean unity.
Henri Pirenne

The Germanic invasions destroyed neither the Mediterranean unity of the ancient world, nor what may be regarded as the truly essential features of the Roman culture as it still existed in the 5th century, at a time when there was no longer an Emperor in the West.
Henri Pirenne

The Germanic invasions in the West could not and did not in any way alter this state of affairs.
Henri Pirenne

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Henri Pirenne Quotes

Type: Historian Quotes Category: Quotes Date of Birth: December 23, 1862 Date of Death: October 25, 1935 Nationality: Belgian Find on Amazon: Henri Pirenne Related Authors: Howard Zinn Will Durant Michel Foucault Carter G. Woodson Hannah Arendt Lord Acton Herodotus Tacitus Sallust	The cause of the break with the tradition of antiquity was the rapid and unexpected advance of Islam. The result of this advance was the final separation of East from West, and the end of the Mediterranean unity. Henri Pirenne The Germanic invasions destroyed neither the Mediterranean unity of the ancient world, nor what may be regarded as the truly essential features of the Roman culture as it still existed in the 5th century, at a time when there was no longer an Emperor in the West. Henri Pirenne The Germanic invasions in the West could not and did not in any way alter this state of affairs. Henri Pirenne