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The Autumn of the Middle Ages Paperback – November 24, 1997

by Johan Huizinga (Author), Rodney J. Payton (Translator), Ulrich Mammitzsch (Translator)

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"Here is the first full translation into English of one of the 20th century's few undoubted classics of history." —Washington Post Book World

The Autumn of the Middle Ages is Johan Huizinga's classic portrait of life, thought, and art in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century France and the Netherlands. Few who have read this book in English realize that The Waning of the Middle Ages, the only previous translation, is vastly different from the original Dutch, and incompatible will all other European-language translations.

For Huizinga, the fourteenth- and fifteenth-century marked not the birth of a dramatically new era in history—the Renaissance—but the fullest, ripest phase of medieval life and thought. However, his work was criticized both at home and in Europe for being "old-fashioned" and "too literary" when The Waning of the Middle Ages was first published in 1919. In the 1924 translation, Fritz Hopman adapted, reduced and altered the Dutch edition—softening Huizinga's passionate arguments, dulling his nuances, and eliminating theoretical passages. He dropped many passages Huizinga had quoted in their original old French. Additionally, chapters were rearranged, all references were dropped, and mistranslations were introduced.

This translation corrects such errors, recreating the second Dutch edition which represents Huizinga's thinking at its most important stage. Everything that was dropped or rearranged has been restored. Prose quotations appear in French, with translations preprinted at the bottom of the page, mistranslations have been corrected.

"The advantages of the new translation are so many. . . . It is one of the greatest, as well as one of the most enthralling, historical classics of the twentieth century, and everyone will surely want to read it in the form that was obviously intended by the author." —Francis Haskell, New York Review of Books

"A once pathbreaking piece of historical interpretation. . . . This new translation will no doubt bring Huizinga and his pioneering work back into the discussion of historical interpretation." —Rosamond McKitterick, New York Times Book Review

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This massive, gorgeously illustrated volume [. . .] offers a new translation of Huizinga’s classic supplemented by all sorts of useful and interesting material. It is in every way a superb production, beginning with Diane Webb’s translator’s note. If you know someone fascinated by the subject (especially someone you want to find a special gift for), you couldn’t go wrong with this. Of course, you might want to add it to your own library as well.

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About the Author

Johan Huizinga (1872-1945) was a Dutch historian and one of the founders of modern cultural history.

Rodney J. Payton is a professor of liberal studies at Western Washington University. He is the author of A Modern Reader's Guide to Dante's Inferno.

Ulrich Mammitzsch (1935-1990) taught in the General Studies and Liberal Studies departments at Western Washington University and served as director of East Asian Studies.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Chicago Press; Paperback edition (November 24, 1997)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 490 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0226359948
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0226359946
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.65 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.8 x 6.03 x 1.35 inches

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S. Pactor

The Mind of the Middle Ages

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 17, 2005

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In his histroiograhical tour of middle ages scholarship, Norman F. Cantor puts Huiznga in his "outriders" section at the back of the book. While he candidly acknowledges the populairty of the "waning of the middle ages" among undergraduates, he takes issue with Huizinga's scholarship.

I think Cantor does Huzinga a disservice, for I found "Autumn" to be eye opening both for its adept analysis and its innovative method. Huzingia is a fore runner of later developments in social history, both in France and the United States. He anticipates the field of "Cultural Studies" in his blend of source materials and thematic chapter arrangement.

It's hard not to think of Foucault as one meanders through three hundred pages of tossed off analysis if how people thought about allegories five hundred years ago in northern france. As Cantor says, Huzingia wrote this book with sources available in any "second tier library". Pretty much any criticism one might have of Foucault's scholarship one might apply here.

It is the speculative nature of Huzingia's scholarship that is both the greatest strength and weakness of "Autumn".

This book is heavy treading. The quotations are printed in their original language, with a footnote at the bottom. The translators have added end notes to explain the more obscure cultural references, but they are END notes, so of little use during the reading. This is not really a "read on the go" type of book. I found I had to focus on reading 20-30 pages a night for a couple of weeks.

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Detailed Analysis of 15th Century France and Holland

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First, I must admit that I am not a Middle Ages scholar, and this book is the first one I have read about Middle Ages culture. Having said that, I thouroughly enjoyed Huizinga's book about life in France and Holland during the 15th Century. I am glad that I put the effort into reading this book. I say effort, because Huizinga's analysis is not light reading. No, it is a detailed analysis of Late Middle Ages culture - art, literature, religion, and lifestyles are all covered at great length. Much of it is fascinating when viewed in contrast with the way we live today.
This translation of the book seems solid. It includes a lot of text from original documents, many in French, or Latin, but includes English translations in the footnotes section. A few parts of the book were more difficult to work through than others, but in the end I felt like I had gained a new insight into European history. I particularly think that Huizinga's thoughts about the Christian church in this era leading to the reformation make for fascinating reading.
If you are interested in what life in the late middle ages may have been like then I highly recommend this book. Keep in mind that it is a historical exposition about this era, not a textbook treatment full of facts. Personally, it has kindled enough interest in this subject for me to warrant further study- hopefully it will do the same for you.

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Beware of "The Autumn of the Middle Ages"

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The five stars are for the original translation titled "The Waning of the Middle Ages," first published in 1949. Amazon doesn't (and should) have a separate listing for "The Autumn of the Middle Ages," a 1996 translation that is drastically different from "The Waning." The original translation ("The Waning") was done with the author Johan Huizinga's participation and is superb. It is fluent, poetic and probably transposes most of the highly acclaimed aesthetic qualities that Huizinga's writing is known for. On the other hand, "The Autumn" (done by two Western Washington University professors and published in 1996) is flat, boring, and reads like a bad tranlation homework assignment.

I thought they were the same book when I ordered from Amazon -- there was no information to indicate otherwise. I only realized that "The Autumn of the Middle Ages" was a completely different version after I read the introduction. And a few pages into the main text, I simply couldn't continue. The translators might think they were doing their students a favor by bringing in a newer, fuller translation, but no amount of good intention can compensate for dullness. On the second try I correctly ordered the "The Waning of the Middle Ages" and instantly understand why it is a classic when I started reading it. So whoever made the same mistake as I did the first time, don't give up. Get "The Waning" instead and you will love it.

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Joseph A. Franceski

A Masterpiece of Historical Writing

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 31, 2019

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A wonderful new translation of a great work, with a revised title. In the opening scene of the early 1970s weepy, "Love Story" Ryan O'Neil's character, Oliver, first meets Ali Macgraw's character, Jenny, in the Radcliffe Library (actually the Fordham Library where I went) and he asked her if they had, "The Waining of the Middle Ages?" That's the title I knew forever for this book. Now I like this new title better. Great book for history lovers, and those who can still actually appreciate and enjoy reading academically meant historical research that is neither dry nor dull.

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Leozlion

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This is an important book, written by a respected historian. But this translation makes it heavy going. Like other readers, I think I confused this book with the older "Waning of the Middle Ages," whose prose I have seen praised. This version is downright boring and you have to be truly dedicated to plow through it. I haven't gotten to the end of the book and might yet turn to "Waning" before I reach the last page.

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S. Bendapudi

Autumn of the Middle Ages

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 24, 2009

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Was looking for Waning of the Middle Ages and found this instead. Apparently it's a different translation of the original work by Johan Huizinga. The authors of Autumn claim that Waning has a lot of misinterpretations of the original text (albeit Waning was co-edited by Johna Huizinga).

Autumn provides an insight into the life and times of the middle ages, leading into the Renaissance. The content is interesting, but the presentation is very dense and hotch-potch. The chapters are dilineated around a theme, but within the chapters the ideas are not structurally tied in a tangible sequence.

Good book...but only for the serious reader with the fortitude to plow through it.

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ISD

Book: Middle Ages

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 7, 2012

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A highly recommended book on the subject. He is undoubtedly a brilliant scholar. The book contains many French quotes, but, thankfully, all are translated into English. The work requires slow digestion, but good food for the intellect. The translators did an outstanding job here. A masterpiece indeed!

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Annabell

Great translation - useful read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 24, 2018

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Really interesting read and the translation is good. I wanted it for my Art History degree studies but would be useful for any history student

drill

A profound historian who brings the past to life in ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 23, 2016

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A profound historian who brings the past to life in a disturbing way, pointing to the lunacy in our own life and world.

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BookWorm

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Simply amazing. History in itself.

Anirvan Dasgupta

Vintage brilliance

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on July 1, 2018

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Let me start by saying that this wonderful book has aged a bit and attentive readers will see the wrinkles. But it still remains a great rock for lost sailors in the vast ocean of medieval history. All the usual criticism directed against this book is undoubtedly valid, but that does not take away its merits. While pointing at the cultural peculiarities and their emergence, this book somehow fails to a deeper look into the teeming life of everyman. Nevertheless., we should remain grateful to the author for presenting a vivid picture of the court life and its eccentricities. Modern historians may murmur about the book's geographical bias, but history, I believe, is essentially local and this magnificent book, even if a bit grandiloquent at times, adds to the perceived wonder of the middle ages.

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