Sture Bolin
Sture Bolin (1900–1962) was a Swedish historian whose most influential work focused on late Roman and early medieval trade routes, formulating an alternative to the Pirenne Thesis.[1]
He was born in Höganäs in 1900, and studied under Lauritz Weibull. In 1938 he became Professor of History at Lund University. He died in Lund in 1962.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Lucian Boia (ed.), Great Historians of the Modern Age: An International Dictionary (New York, Westport and London, 1991), pp. 694-5.
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