Autumntide of the Middle Ages

A study of forms of life and thought of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries in France and the Low Countries

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

Av Graeme Small, Anton van der Lem, Anton Van Der Lem

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This new English translation of Huizinga's Autumntide of the Middle Ages (Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen) celebrates the centenary of a book that still ranks as one of the most perceptive and in¿uential analyses of the late medieval period. Its wide-ranging discussion of fourteenth and ¿fteenth century France and the Low Countries makes it a classic study of life, culture, and thought in medieval society. The new and now unabridged translation of the original text captures the impact of Huizinga's deep scholarship and powerful language. The translation is based on the Dutch edition of 1941 – the last edition Huizinga worked on. It features English renderings of the Middle French poems and other contemporary sources, and its colour illustrations include over three hundred paintings and prints, illuminated manuscripts, and miniatures pertinent to Huizinga's discourse. A complete bibliography of Huizinga's sources will facilitate further research, while an epilogue addresses the meaning and enduring importance of this classic work.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2020-05-01
Mått215 x 270 x 48 mm
Vikt2 384 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor616
FörlagLeiden University Press
ISBN9789087283131

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Graeme Small is Professor of Medieval History at Durham University and the author of several books, including George Chastelain and the Shaping of Valois Burgundy as well as Court and Civic Society in the Burgundian Low Countries (with Andrew Brown) and Late Medieval France.Anton van der Lem, a leading expert on Huizinga, has written or edited many articles and books, including the recently published Rereading Huizinga. It was at his suggestion that Leiden University Press decided to publish this first full-text translation from the original Dutch into English, and he set the standard with his Dutch centenary edition of Herfsttij. A fellow of Leiden University Libraries, he is the editor of https://huizinga-online.nl.

Translator's note Autumntide of the Middle Ages by Johan Huizinga Huizinga's prefaces to the first five Dutch editions 1 Life's Fierceness 2 The Yearning for a Finer Life 3 The Hierarchical Conception of Society 4 The Notion of Knighthood 5 Dreams of Heroic Deeds and Love 6 Chivalric Orders and Knightly Vows 7 The Significance of the Chivalric Ideal in Warfare and Statecraft 8 The Stylization of Love 9 The Proprieties of Love 10 The Idyllic Image of Life 11 The Image of Death 12 The Representation of All Things Holy 13 Types of Religious Life 14 Religious Emotion and the Religious Imagination 15 Symbolism Withered 16 Realism and the Defeat of the Imagination in Mysticism 17 Forms of Thought in Practical Life 18 Art in Life 19 The Sense of Beauty 20 The Image and the Word 21 The Word and the Image 22 The Coming of the New Form Notes Original Citations Genealogy Timeline Index Epilogue: From Herfsttij to Autumntide by Graeme Small Bibliography Translated sources consulted Illustration credits About the translator and editors

"The edition is gorgeous – solidly bound with thick paper, and with high-quality illustrations of most, if not all, the works of art Huizinga mentions in his text, plus others. At the same time, the edition has been produced to a high scholarly standard. It includes all of Huizinga's original prefaces, notes, timeline, and a reconstructed bibliography of works cited by the author." - Benjamin Kaplan in The Low Countries