The waning of the middle ages: a study of the forms of life, thought and art in…


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The Waning of the Middle Ages (also known as The Autumn of the Middle Ages, or Autumntide of the Middle Ages), subtitled A study of the forms of life, thought and art in France and the Netherlands in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, is Johan Huizinga's most famous work. It was published in 1919 as Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen and first translated into English in 1924.

Huizinga defends the idea that the exaggerated formality and romanticism of late medieval court society was a defense mechanism against the constantly increasing violence and brutality of life. The break off between Middle Ages and Renaissance was, according to him, a period of pessimism, cultural exhaustion, and nostalgia. Even though this work has found criticism, especially for relying too heavily on evidence exclusively from the Burgundian court, it has achieved immense impact in the thought about the period. - Summary by Leni (13 hr 26 min)

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Preface 3:58 Leído por Larry Wilson
The Violent Tenor of Life, part 1 30:10 Leído por Wayne Cooke
The Violent Tenor of Life, part 2 28:34 Leído por Florence
Pessimism and the Ideal of the Sublime Life, part 1 33:17 Leído por czandra
Pessimism and the Ideal of the Sublime Life, part 2 26:43 Leído por czandra
The Hierarchich Conception of Society 30:09 Leído por ke126
The Idea of Chivalry 27:04 Leído por Michele Eaton
The Dream of Heroism and of Love 21:21 Leído por Michele Eaton
Orders of Chivalry and Vows 21:51 Leído por Michele Eaton
The Political and Military Value of Chivalrous Ideas 28:00 Leído por JacobValdez
Love Formalized 28:29 Leído por czandra
The Conventions of Love 18:37 Leído por czandra
The Idyllic Vision of Life 26:36 Leído por Andrew Mauls Byron
The Vision of Death 33:03 Leído por Andrew Mauls Byron
Religious Thought Crystallizing into Images, part 1 30:55 Leído por jaykaymak
Religious Thought Crystallizing into Images, part 2 27:39 Leído por Owlivia
Types of Religious Life 40:44 Leído por lisad
Religious Sensibility and Religious Imagination 23:51 Leído por Larry Wilson
Symbolism in its Decline 43:31 Leído por Emanuela
The Effects of Realism 14:25 Leído por czandra
Religious Thought Beyond the Limits of Imagination 12:57 Leído por Willow Lin
The Forms of Thought and Practical Life 39:02 Leído por czandra
Art and Life, part 1 28:45 Leído por Tasha Hobbs Peterson
Art and Life, part 2 29:11 Leído por Tasha Hobbs Peterson
The Aesthetic Sentiment 22:07 Leído por czandra
Verbal and Plastic Expression Compared I. part 1 33:06 Leído por Owlivia
Verbal and Plastic Expression Compared I. part 2 27:56 Leído por Owlivia
Verbal and Plastic Expression Compared II. part 1 22:10 Leído por czandra
Verbal and Plastic Expression Compared II. part 2 20:15 Leído por czandra
The Advent of the New Form 31:48 Leído por BenDowling

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Important book for those interested in the Reformation


(5 stars)

The book is a classic in its field, still an important scholarly work. The book itself gives a thorough picture of the mental world of the bourgeoisie and petty nobility of NE France/Flanders in the period immediately before the Northern Renaissance and Reformation. It may be a bit unapproachable for the common reader, as the individuals H discusses are mostly minor, obscure figures. (This is sort of the point; they're typical, not famous.) The readers are good.