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READING AND REFLECTION OF BOOKS
BOOK-1
Economic And History of Medieval Europe
- Henri Pirenne
Henri Pirenne (French: 23 December 1862
– 24 October 1935) was a Belgian historian. A medievalist
of Walloon descent, he wrote a multi volume history of Belgium in French and became a national hero. He also
became prominent in the nonviolent resistance to the Germans
who occupied Belgium in World War I. Henri Pirenne's
reputation today rests on three contributions to European history: for what has become
known as the Pirenne Thesis, concerning origins of
the Middle Ages in reactive state
formation and shifts in trade; for a distinctive view of Belgium's medieval history; and for his model of the development of the medieval city. Pirenne
argued that profound social, economic, cultural, and religious movements in the long term resulted from equally
profound underlying causes, and this attitude influenced Marc Bloch and the outlook of the
French Annales School of social history. Though
Pirenne had his opponents, notably Alfons Dopsch who
disagreed on essential points, several recent historians of the Middle Ages
have taken Pirenne's main theses, however much they are modified, as starting
points.
2014 Reprint of 1937 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition,
not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Henri Pirenne's reputation
today rests on three contributions to European history: for what has become
known as the Pirenne Thesis, concerning the origins of the Middle Ages in
reactive state formation and shifts in trade; for a distinctive view of
Belgium's medieval history; and for his model of the development of the
medieval city. Pirenne argued that profound social, economic, cultural, and
religious movements in the long-term resulted from equally profound underlying
causes, and this attitude influenced Marc Bloch and the outlook of the French
"Annales" School of social history. Though Pirenne had his opponents
who disagreed on essential points, recent historians of the Middle Ages usually
take Pirenne's main theses, however much they are modified, as starting points.
BOOK-2
Feudal Societ
-marc Leopold Benjamin Bloch
Marc
Leopild Benjamin Bloch was born in 16 July 1886. He was a French historian. In
1926 he published one of his most famous work “The Magic Work Kings”. Bloch’s
most important work centered on the study of feudalism. He published a large
work available in two volume English translation as feudal society
Bloch’s
feudal society as a valuable contribution to be read and pondered , although
not taken at face value by any one seriouialy interested in medieval European
society or supposedly comparable supers elsewhere. Since it has supposedly
comparable systems elsewhere. Since it has also generated a half-century of
follow-up, attacks and defenses, it is also a good book to have read as part of
getting acquainted with a Wicked literature.
