Download or read book A History of Europe (Routledge Revivals) written by Henri Pirenne and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1939, this is a reissue of Henri Pirenne's extremely popular and influential history of Europe in the Middle Ages. It begins with the Barbarian and Musulman invasions in the fifth century AD, which signalled the end of the Roman world in the West, and ends in the middle of the sixteenth century with the Renaissance and the Reformation. Universally praised for its detailed and impartial approach, this reissue will be very welcome news to both students of medieval history and to the general reader seeking a definitive review of the period.