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Belle dame sans merci (Beautiful lady with no mercy) (1424) is not
readily available in moden English translation elsewhere, making
this an essential addition to any library with a medieval
literature or French literature collection.
Belle dame sans merci (Beautiful lady with no mercy) (1424) is not
readily available in moden English translation elsewhere, making
this an essential addition to any library with a medieval
literature or French literature collection.
Johan Huizinga’s much-loved and much-contested Autumn of the
Middle Ages, 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. The Waxing of the Middle
Ages sets out to provide a rich, complex, and diverse study of
these developments and to reassert that late medieval
France is crucial in its own right. The collection argues for
an approach that views the late medieval period not as an
afterthought, or a blind spot, but as a period that is key in
understanding the fluidity of time, traditions, culture, and
history. Each essay explores some “cultural form,” to borrow
Huizinga’s expression, to expose the false divide that has
dominated modern scholarship.
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Northfield (Hardcover)
Marie Booth Ferre, Susan Post Ross, Joan McRae Stoia
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Johan Huizinga’s much-loved and much-contested Autumn of the
Middle Ages, 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. The Waxing of the Middle
Ages sets out to provide a rich, complex, and diverse study of
these developments and to reassert that late medieval
France is crucial in its own right. The collection argues for
an approach that views the late medieval period not as an
afterthought, or a blind spot, but as a period that is key in
understanding the fluidity of time, traditions, culture, and
history. Each essay explores some “cultural form,” to borrow
Huizinga’s expression, to expose the false divide that has
dominated modern scholarship.
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