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The Waning of the Middle Ages
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The Autumn of the Middle Ages, The Waning of the Middle Ages, or Autumntide of the Middle Ages, is the best-known work by the Dutch historian Johan Huizinga.
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LiteratureTable of contents
- Preface
- I. The Violent Tenor Of Life
- II. Pessimism And The Ideal Of 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
- XXII. Verbal And Plastic Expression Compared
- XXIII. The Advent Of The New Form
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