Becoming Europe: Retracing the Origin of Medieval Cities from Comacchio and Oegstgeest
Richard Hodges
A hundred years ago Henri Pirenne delivered his seminal lectures on the medieval city in USA. In aftermath of late antique collapse Mediterranean Sea commerce, pinpointed North traders as agents that led to origins Carolingian revolution which eventually put place new towns. With publication major archaeological reports about Comacchio and Oegstgeest - early centres Adriatic respectively this article considers key tropes Pirenne’s narrative. ranging between end Antiquity its so-called temple society rise Merovingian Sea, reviews preliminary stages during divergence regions north-west Europe was repaired.
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