The Waning of the Middle Ages: A Study of the Forms of Life, Thought, and Art in France and the Netherlands in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
by:
F. Hopman (author)
Johan Huizinga (author)
ISBN:
9780140203073 (0140203079)
Publish date: September 28th 1972
Publisher: Penguin
Edition language: English
Napisana z wielką erudycją książka ukazuje panoramę schyłku epoki. Zachwycające analizy, wnioski i ogrom przykładów. Polecam
(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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