The Waning of the Middle Ages (Paperback) - Softcover

Huizinga, Johan H

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849028958 ISBN 13: 9781849028950

Publisher: Benediction Books, 2009

Synopsis

This text studies life, thought and art in France and the Netherlands in the 14th and 15th centuries. Johan Huizinga challenges the prevailing notion that the Middle Ages were just a prelude to the Renaissance.

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Review:

In 1919, Johan Huizinga revealed in the original version of this book that the ideals, aspirations, and behaviors of humanity in history were dramatically different from those in present day. In Herfsttjj der Middeleeuwen, he recalled the waning years of the Middle Ages--the low countries in northern Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries--and argued against those who claimed that human belief systems remain the same even if contexts change. His account rested not on historical fact, but on the emotions and ambitions of the people as expressed through the art and literature of their culture. Many people treated the book as groundbreaking work, and it was translated into English in 1924. This new translation is a complete, more direct version of the original and allows modern readers a full appreciation of life in an era rarely revisited.

About the Author:

Johan Huizinga is one of the most imporatant historians of the twentieth century. He was Professor of General History at the University of Leyden. While he is best-known for this book, his biography, ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAM, is unsurpassed.

About this edition

• Publisher: Benediction Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1849028958
• ISBN 13: 9781849028950
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 338