HerfsttijderMiddeleeuwenStudieoverlevens-engedachtervormenderveertiendeenvijftiendeeeuwinFrankrijkendeNederlanden

Its subtitle is: "A study of the forms of life, thought and art in France and the Netherlands in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries".
In the book, Huizinga presents 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 general society. He saw the period as one of pessimism, cultural exhaustion, and nostalgia, rather than of rebirth and optimism.
Huizinga"s work later came under criticism, especially for relying too heavily on evidence from the rather exceptional case of the Burgundian court. A new English...