Johan Huizinga
Author
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
"Here is the first full translation into English of one of the 20th century's few undoubted classics of history." -Washington Post Book World
The Autumn of the Middle Ages is Johan Huizinga's classic portrait of life, thought, and art in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century France and the Netherlands. Few who have read this book in English realize that The Waning of the Middle Ages, the only previous translation, is vastly different from the original...
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Brilliant study of art, life and thought in France and the Netherlands during the 14th and 15th centuries explores the period's splendor and simplicity, courtesy and cruelty, its idyllic vision of life, despair and mysticism, religious, artistic, and practical life, and much more. An invaluable reference for anyone interested in medieval life. 14 illustrations.
Author
Series
Harper torchbooks volume 19
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
1957.
Language
English
Description
In this very readable biography, a noted scholar traces Erasmus's youth, his years as an itinerant scholar, sojourns in England, France, Switzerland, and Italy, friendship with Sir Thomas More, and disputes with Martin Luther. The author also probes Erasmus's mind and character and discusses his writings.
