Charlemagne, without Mohammet, would be inconceivable
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| - | "Without [[Islam]] the [[Frankish Empire]] would probably never have existed and '''[[Charlemagne]], without [[Mohammet]], would be inconceivable'''" is a famous dictum by [[Henri Pirenne]] first put forward in 1922 in the Belgian journal ''[[Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire]]''[http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Mahomet_et_Charlemagne]. | + | '''Charlemagne, without Mohammet, would be inconceivable''' is a famous dictum by Belgian historian [[Henri Pirenne]] first put forward in 1922 in the academic article "[[Mahomet et Charlemagne]]" (1922). |
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| + | :"Without [[Islam]] the [[Frankish Empire]] would probably never have existed and [[Charlemagne]], without [[Mohammet]], would be inconceivable". | ||
| Its original French reads "Sans l'Islam, l'Empire franc n'aurait sans doute jamais existé, et Charlemagne sans Mahomet serait inconcevable." | Its original French reads "Sans l'Islam, l'Empire franc n'aurait sans doute jamais existé, et Charlemagne sans Mahomet serait inconcevable." | ||
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| + | "Zonder islam zou het Frankische imperium waarschijnlijk nooit hebben bestaan, en Karel de Grote, zonder Mohammed, is ondenkbaar."--''[[Mohammed en de Late Oudheid]]'' (2018) | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[The enemy of my enemy is my friend]] | ||
| *[[Arab–Byzantine wars]] | *[[Arab–Byzantine wars]] | ||
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Charlemagne, without Mohammet, would be inconceivable is a famous dictum by Belgian historian Henri Pirenne first put forward in 1922 in the academic article "Mahomet et Charlemagne" (1922).
The full fragment reads:
- "Without Islam the Frankish Empire would probably never have existed and Charlemagne, without Mohammet, would be inconceivable".
Its original French reads "Sans l'Islam, l'Empire franc n'aurait sans doute jamais existé, et Charlemagne sans Mahomet serait inconcevable."
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"Zonder islam zou het Frankische imperium waarschijnlijk nooit hebben bestaan, en Karel de Grote, zonder Mohammed, is ondenkbaar."--Mohammed en de Late Oudheid (2018)
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