![Author Schaffers, Nestor, 1826-1896 (viaf)302528355 Title [photograph] Portrait of Henri Pirenne (1862-1935), historian, professor at the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy and rector of Ghent University during the academic years 1919-1920 and 1920-1921. Description 1 photo ; 9.1 x 5.6cm (10.4 x 6.2cm). Publisher Gand : Nestor Schaffers, ca. 1890.](https://analectastoa.com/Portret_van_Henri_Pirenne.jpg)
Mohammed and Charlemagne
Pirenne's landmark posthumous argument that the Islamic conquest of the Mediterranean, not the Germanic migrations of the fifth century, ended the ancient world and inaugurated the Middle Ages.
Islamic Expansion
Pirenne's landmark posthumous argument that the Islamic conquest of the Mediterranean, not the Germanic migrations of the fifth century, ended the ancient world and inaugurated the Middle Ages.