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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

Read by Larry Wilson

The Violent Tenor of Life, part 1

30:10

Read by Wayne Cooke

The Violent Tenor of Life, part 2

28:34

Read by Florence

Pessimism and the Ideal of the Sublime Life, part 1

33:17

Read by czandra

Pessimism and the Ideal of the Sublime Life, part 2

26:43

Read by czandra

The Hierarchich Conception of Society

30:09

Read by ke126

The Idea of Chivalry

27:04

Read by Michele Eaton

The Dream of Heroism and of Love

21:21

Read by Michele Eaton

Orders of Chivalry and Vows

21:51

Read by Michele Eaton

The Political and Military Value of Chivalrous Ideas

28:00

Read by JacobValdez

Love Formalized

28:29

Read by czandra

The Conventions of Love

18:37

Read by czandra

The Idyllic Vision of Life

26:36

Read by Andrew Mauls Byron

The Vision of Death

33:03

Read by Andrew Mauls Byron

Religious Thought Crystallizing into Images, part 1

30:55

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Religious Thought Crystallizing into Images, part 2

27:39

Read by Owlivia

Types of Religious Life

40:44

Read by lisad

Religious Sensibility and Religious Imagination

23:51

Read by Larry Wilson

Symbolism in its Decline

43:31

Read by Emanuela

The Effects of Realism

14:25

Read by czandra

Religious Thought Beyond the Limits of Imagination

12:57

Read by Willow Lin

The Forms of Thought and Practical Life

39:02

Read by czandra

Art and Life, part 1

28:45

Read by Tasha Hobbs Peterson

Art and Life, part 2

29:11

Read by Tasha Hobbs Peterson

The Aesthetic Sentiment

22:07

Read by czandra

Verbal and Plastic Expression Compared I. part 1

33:06

Read by Owlivia

Verbal and Plastic Expression Compared I. part 2

27:56

Read by Owlivia

Verbal and Plastic Expression Compared II. part 1

22:10

Read by czandra

Verbal and Plastic Expression Compared II. part 2

20:15

Read by czandra

The Advent of the New Form

31:48

Read by BenDowling

Bewertungen

Important book for those interested in the Reformation

(5 Sterne)

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.