The Waning of the Middle Ages

This work is a classic -- a thorough examination of life and culture in the Middle Ages as it progressed toward the Renaissance. The author shows how the 14th and 15th century history marked not only the birth of a dramatically new era -- the Renaissance -- but the fullest, ripest phase of medieval life and thought.

This work is a classic -- a thorough examination of life and culture in the Middle Ages as it progressed toward the Renaissance. The author shows how the 14th and 15th century history marked not only the birth of a dramatically new era -- the Renaissance -- but the fullest, ripest phase of medieval life and thought.

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The Waning of the Middle Ages

This work is a classic -- a thorough examination of life and culture in the Middle Ages as it progressed toward the Renaissance. The author shows how the 14th and 15th century history marked not only the birth of a dramatically new era -- the Renaissance -- but the fullest, ripest phase of medieval life and thought.

This work is a classic -- a thorough examination of life and culture in the Middle Ages as it progressed toward the Renaissance. The author shows how the 14th and 15th century history marked not only the birth of a dramatically new era -- the Renaissance -- but the fullest, ripest phase of medieval life and thought.

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The Waning of the Middle Ages

The Waning of the Middle Ages

by Johan Huizinga
The Waning of the Middle Ages

The Waning of the Middle Ages

by Johan Huizinga

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This work is a classic -- a thorough examination of life and culture in the Middle Ages as it progressed toward the Renaissance. The author shows how the 14th and 15th century history marked not only the birth of a dramatically new era -- the Renaissance -- but the fullest, ripest phase of medieval life and thought.

This work is a classic -- a thorough examination of life and culture in the Middle Ages as it progressed toward the Renaissance. The author shows how the 14th and 15th century history marked not only the birth of a dramatically new era -- the Renaissance -- but the fullest, ripest phase of medieval life and thought.


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ISBN-13: 9781774642238
Publisher: Must Have Books
Publication date: 03/09/2021
Pages: 342
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.76(d)

Table of Contents

I. THE VIOLENT TENOR OF LIFE
II. PESSIMISM AND THE IDEAL FO THE SUBLIME LIFE
III. THE HIERARCHIC CONCEPTION OF SOCIETY
IV. THE IDEA OF CHIVALRY
V. THE DREAM OF HEROISM AND OF LOVE
VI. ORDERS OF CHIVALRY AND VOWS
VII. THE POLITICAL AND MILITARY VALUE OF CHIVALROUS IDEAS
VIII. LOVE FORMALIZED
IX. THE CONVENTIONS OF LOVE
X. THE IDYLLIC VISION OF LIFE
XI. THE VISION OF DEATH
XII. RELIGIOUS THOUGHT CRYSTALLIZING INTO IMAGES
XIII. TYPES OF RELIGIOUS LIFE
XIV. RELIGIOUS SENSIBILITY AND RELIGIOUS IMAGINATION
XV. SYMBOLISM IN ITS DECLINE
XVI. THE EFFECTS OF REALISM
XVII. RELIGIOUS THOUGHT BEYOND THE LIMITS OF IMAGINATION
XVIII. THE FORMS OF THOUGHT AND PRACTICAL LIFE
XIX. ART AND LIFE
XX. THE ÆSTHETIC SENTIMENT
XXI. VERBAL AND PLASTIC EXPRESSION COMPARED. I
XXII. VERBAL AND PLASTIC EXPRESSION COMPARED. II
XXIII. THE ADVENT OF THE NEW FORM
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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