Johan Huizinga
Birth date: December 07, 1872
Died: February 01, 1945
Johan Huizinga's Books
initially:it took me a long time, but it's not an easy study and most of the references it made seemed to bounce off my head like some blank wall... i so need to study more of everything...review:first and foremost, this can't be a review with a plot resume or a linear story line. it's an essay, a s...
(Apologies for the grumpy review -- but I'll let it stand. Future readers should read the comment section, which has more value than my current hrrruumphs!)This book is too long and there is much too much of the author's psycho-social speculation in it - some of it is fairly good, a little of it is ...
An important book for my knowledge of the medieval era. Since then, I've read more contemporary histories. This one remains on my shelf, because of the obvious passion for his subject, and the depth of thought.
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