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The Autumn of the Middle Ages (Paperback, 2nd Ed.)
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The Autumn of the Middle Ages (Paperback, 2nd Ed.)
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This is a portrait of life, thought and art in 14th- and
15th-century France and the Netherlands. Regarded as an historical
classic by many scholars, it has also been criticized and
incorrectly translated. This edition corrects changes made by other
translators to the original Dutch text of 1919. For Huizinga, the
14th and 15th centuries marked not the birth of a dramatically new
era in history - the Renaissance - but the fullest, ripest phase of
medieval life and thought. However, his work was criticized at home
and in Europe for being "old-fashioned" and "too literary". Franz
Hopman adapted, reduced, and altered the Dutch edition, softening
Huizinga's passionate arguments, dulling his nuances, and
eliminating theatrical passages. He also dropped many passages
Huizinga had quoted in their original old French. Additionally,
chapters were rearranged, all references were dropped, and
mistranslations introduced. This translation attempts to correct
such errors, recreating Huizinga's Dutch edition, restoring the
missing material, including prose quotations in French with
translations, and returning the book to the form originally
intended by its author.
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