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  <name><![CDATA[Henri Pirenne]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Henri Pirenne was a leading Belgian historian. He also became prominent in the non-violent resistance to the Germans who occupied Belgium in World War I.

Henri Pirenne's reputation today rests on three contributions to European history. First, what has become known as the Pirenne Thesis, concerning origins of the Middle Ages in reactive state formation and shifts in trade; secondly, for a distinctive view of Belgium's medieval history; and, thirdly, for his model on the development of the medieval city.

Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Pirenne&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;

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  <title><![CDATA[Medieval Cities: Their Origins and the Revival of Trade]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Mohammed and Charlemagne]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Henri Pirenne]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe (Economic History)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Henri Pirenne]]></name>
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  <published>1940</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Belgian Democracy, Its Early History]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Henri Pirenne]]></name>
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  <published>1915</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Histoire de Belgique]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Henri Pirenne]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Historia economica y social de la Edad Media. Con un anexo bibliografico y critico de H. Van Werveke]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Henri Pirenne]]></name>
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  <published>1939</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Storia d'Europa dalle invasioni al XVI secolo]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Henri Pirenne]]></name>
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  <published>1991</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Journal de guerre of Henri Pirenne]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Henri Pirenne]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[History of Europe]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Henri Pirenne]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bibliographie de l'histoire de Belgique]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Henri Pirenne]]></name>
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  <published>1979</published>  
  
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