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

Huizinga, Johan; Small, Graeme (EDT); Van Der Lem, Anton (EDT); Webb, Diane (TRN)

ISBN 10: 908728313X / ISBN 13: 9789087283131

Editore: Leiden University Press, 2020

Codice articolo 41983551-n

Riassunto:

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.

Informazioni sugli autori: 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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Titolo: Autumntide of the Middle Ages : A Study of ...
Casa editrice: Leiden University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2020
Legatura: Rilegato
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