The waning of the Middle Ages : a study of the forms of life, thought, and art in France and the Netherlands in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries /

Huizinga, Johan, 1872-1945

The waning of the Middle Ages : a study of the forms of life, thought, and art in France and the Netherlands in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries / J. Huizinga [translated from the Dutch by F. Hopman] - [Harmondsworth, Middx] : Penguin, [1955] - 368 p. ; 18 cm - Pelican Books ; A307 .

Includes bibliographical references and index

This volume is a leading overview of the close of the middle ages examined through the art of the era. The end of one civilization and the emergence of another can, the author argues, be demonstrated by the coincident artistic expression and thought


Civilization, Medieval


France--History--Medieval period, 987-1515
France--Civilization
Netherlands--History
Netherlands--Civilization