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en-wikipedia-org-1203		Henri Pirenne - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	4045	439	65	Pirenne made lasting contribution to the study of cities that was a controversial interpretation of the end of Roman civilization and the rebirth of medieval urban culture.[2] 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. At the conclusion of the war, Henri Pirenne stopped his work on A History of Europe in the middle of the 16th century. Henri Pirenne first expressed ideas on the formation of European towns in articles of 1895;[6] he further developed the idea for the Pirenne Thesis while imprisoned in Germany during World War I.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1203.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1203.txt