The Autumn of the Middle Ages
The Autumn of the Middle Ages
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This is a portrait of life, thought and art in 14th- and 15th-century France and the Netherlands. Regarded as an historical classic by many scholars, it has also been criticized and incorrectly translated. This edition corrects changes made by other translators to the original Dutch text of 1919.
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The Autumn of the Middle Ages by Johan Huizinga
This is a portrait of life, thought and art in 14th- and 15th-century France and the Netherlands. Regarded as an historical classic by many scholars, it has also been criticized and incorrectly translated. This edition corrects changes made by other translators to the original Dutch text of 1919. For Huizinga, the 14th and 15th centuries marked not the birth of a dramatically new era in history - the Renaissance - but the fullest, ripest phase of medieval life and thought. However, his work was criticized at home and in Europe for being "old-fashioned" and "too literary". Franz Hopman adapted, reduced, and altered the Dutch edition, softening Huizinga's passionate arguments, dulling his nuances, and eliminating theatrical passages. He also dropped many passages Huizinga had quoted in their original old French. Additionally, chapters were rearranged, all references were dropped, and mistranslations introduced. This translation attempts to correct such errors, recreating Huizinga's Dutch edition, restoring the missing material, including prose quotations in French with translations, and returning the book to the form originally intended by its author.
Johan Huizinga (1872-1945) was a Dutch historian and one of the founders of modern cultural history. Anton van der Lem is a fellow of Leiden University Libraries and an expert on Huizinga. Graeme Small is professor of medieval history at Durham University and the author of several books on the Burgundian low countries and late medieval France. Diane Webb has translated a wide range of literature on art-historical and historical subjects.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780226359946 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226359948 |
| Title | The Autumn of the Middle Ages |
| Author | Johan Huizinga |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 1997-11-24 |
| Number of pages | 490 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |