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 - Hardcover

Huizinga, Johan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 908728313X ISBN 13: 9789087283131

Verlag: LEIDEN UNIV PR, 2020

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A new English translation of Huizinga's Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen, which is celebrating its centenary and still ranks as one of the most perceptive and influential analyses of the medieval period. It is a classic study of life, culture and thought in fourteenth and fifteenth century France and the Netherlands.

This is a new and unabridged translation of Huizinga’s text and aims to capture its importance as a landmark of historical scholarship as well as remarkable work of literature. The translation is based on the Dutch edition of 1941 – the last edition Huizinga worked on and checked during his life. The retranslation is as faithful to the Dutch original as possible and will include beautiful new English renderings of the Old and Middle French poems. Over 300 works of art, illuminated manuscripts and miniatures pertinent to Huizinga's discourse will be included as well as a complete bibliography of Huizinga’s own reading and an up-to-date introduction.

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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.

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 is historian by education and curator of rare books in University Library Leiden. He took the initiative to edit the correspondence of Huizinga (with Léon Hanssen and Wessel Krul): Briefwisseling (3 vols., 1989-1991). His introductory biography Johan Huizinga : Leven en werk in beelden en documenten (1993), thesis Het Eeuwige verbeeld in een afgehaald bed : Johan Huizinga en de Nederlandse beschaving (1997) and Inventaris van het archief van Johan Huizinga are landmarks in the study of Huizinga's life and times. In 2018 he edited the centennial edition of Herfsttij, profusely illustrated with 300 reproductions.

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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 influential analyses of the late medieval period. Its wide-ranging discussion of fourteenth and fifteenth 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.

Johan Huizinga (1872-1945), one of the founders of cultural history, ranks among the most influential Dutch thinkers of the twentieth century. He produced a body of writing on subjects that range from medieval art to the mechanization of modern America. The publication of Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen in 1919 brought him international renown, and contributed to the multiple nominations he received later in his career for the Nobel Prize in Literature, a rare accolade for a professor of history. Among his other important works are Erasmus (1924), In the Shadow of Tomorrow (1935) and Homo Ludens (1938). He died in internal exile, two months before the liberation of the Netherlands.

Translated by Diane Webb
Edited by Graeme Small and Anton van der Lem

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: LEIDEN UNIV PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 908728313X
• ISBN 13: 9789087283131
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 592
• Herausgeber: Lem Anton Van Der, Small Graeme
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Leiden University Press; productsafety@lup.nl; ; Rapenburg 73; Leiden; 2311 GJ; Niederlande