The Waxing of the Middle Ages
The Waxing of the Middle Ages: Revisiting Late Medieval France
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1644532913 | 291 Pages | PDF (True) | 10 MB
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1644532913 | 291 Pages | PDF (True) | 10 MB
Johan Huizinga’s much-loved and much-contested Autumn of the , first published in 1919, encouraged an image of the Late French Middle Ages as a flamboyant but empty period of decline and nostalgia. Many studies, particularly literary studies, have challenged Huizinga’s perceptions of individual works or genres. Still, the vision of the Late French and Burgundian Middle Ages as a sad transitional phase between the High Middle Ages and the Renaissance persists. Yet, a series of exceptionally significant cultural developments mark the period.