The Waning of the Middle Ages (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Johan Huizinga
- First Published: 1919
- Type of Work: Cultural history
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: Culture, France or French people, Netherlands or Dutch people, Middle Ages, Knights or knighthood, Feudalism, Religious life, Chivalry
Critical Evaluation:
Johan Huizinga taught at the University of Leiden from 1915 until it was closed during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. THE WANING OF THE MIDDLE AGES, subtitled A STUDY OF THE FORMS OF LIFE, THOUGHT AND ART IN FRANCE AND THE NETHERLANDS IN THE XIVTH AND XVTH CENTURIES, which was first published in 1919 and translated into English in 1924, became a classic of scholarship during the author’s lifetime. Three other works of Huizinga have been translated into English: ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAM, IN THE SHADOW OF TOMORROW, and...
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