Johan huizingas homo ludens 1938 is, in certain circles, still highly esteemed as a paradigm of humanist scholarship. Honderd jaar later geniet herfsttij terecht een onverminderde populariteit. Editions of the waning of the middle ages by johan huizinga. He wrote his doctoral thesis on the role of the jester in indian drama in 1897. This book is available for free download in a number of formats including epub, pdf, azw, mobi and more. Herfsttij en van eyck, bernhard ridderbos, zelfstandig kunsthistoricus 17. In his famous book the waning of the middle ages the twentiethcentury historian johan huizinga described the low countries on the eve of the renaissance.
Originally written in dutch, the book itself has had a long history, having been continuously published. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. France and the low countries in the late middle ages, italy and france during the renaissance, the dutch. In 1919, johan huizinga revealed in the original version of this book that the ideals, aspirations, and behaviors of humanity in history were dramatically different. Johan huizinga is the greatest of all dutch cultural historians, whose fascination with the past speaks from every page of his work. Publication date 1949 topics middeleeuwen collection fringe language dutch. Van latijnse, franse en duitse citaten worden vertalingen gegeven.
He treats different areas and periods with equal ease. Born in groningen as the son of dirk huizinga, a professor of physiology, and jacoba tonkens, who died two years after his birth, he started out as a student of indoeuropean languages, earning his degree in 1895. Papers delivered to the johan huizinga conference groningen 1115 december 1972. Wij lateren hebben ons gewend, en terecht, om veel meer naar gent en augsburg. He then studied comparative linguistics, gaining a good command of sanskrit. Thiemeprijs, brak huizinga internationaal door als historicus van naam. You can also read the full text online using our ereader. The autumn of the middle ages, or the waning of the middle ages is the bestknown work by. In the book, huizinga presents the idea that the exaggerated formality and romanticism of late. Het boek is in vele talen vertaald en het wordt nog steeds veel gelezenen voorgeschreven aan studenten kunstgeschiedenis. Een eerbetoon aan het bekendste werk van historicus johan huizinga.
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