Mohammed & Charlemagne
By: Henri Pirenne.
Series: Dover ed.
Publisher: Dover Publications, Inc.; Dover Publications
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Mineola, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780486420110
Subjects: Europe -- History -- 392-814.; Islamic Empire -- History.; Gaul -- History.
Genres: History
First sentence: Of all the features of that wonderful structure, the Roman Empire, the most striking, and also the most essential, was its Mediterranean character.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Unabridged republication of the edition published by Allen & Unwin, London, 1954
Originally published in French (1937) with title: Mahomet et Charlemagne; first English ed. (1939): Mohammed and Charlemagne
Table of contents: title: Part one. Western Europe before Islam; title: I. The continuation of the Mediterranean civilization in the West after the Germanic invasions; title: II. The economic and social situation after the invasions and the Mediterranean navigation; title: III. Intellectual life after the invasions; title: Conclusion; title: Part two. Islam and the Carolingians; title: I. The expansion of Islam in the Mediterranean basin; title: II.The Carolingian coup d'état and the volte-face of the Papacy; title: III. The beginnings of the Middle Ages