Pirenne and the Development of Human Societies in Space and Time

TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: Pirenne and the Development of Human Societies in Space and Time

Monday 23 December 2024 is the 162nd anniversary of the birth of Henri Pirenne (23 December 1862 – 24 October 1935), who was born in Verviers, Belgium, on this date in 1862.

Pirenne was a Belgian historian whose work focused on medieval history and urbanization, but he also formulated an admirably concise definition of history as, “the development of human societies in space and time.” The generality of this formulation suggests interesting extrapolations that probably never occurred to Pirenne.

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