Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Henri Pirenne
Born: December 23, 1862
Died: October 25, 1935 (aged 72)
Bio: Henri Pirenne was a Belgian historian. A medievalist of Walloon descent, he wrote a multivolume 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.
Known for:
- Mohammed and Charlemagne
- Medieval cities (1925)
- A History Of Europe
- Mahomet et Charlemagne