IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 848: Huizinga's Waning of the Middle Ages (First Published in 1919) and Its Impact on Cultural History of the Middle Ages
Tuesday 2 July 2019, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Centre for Religion & Heritage, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen |
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Organiser: | Mathilde van Dijk, Faculteit der Godgeleerdheid en Godsdienstwetenschap, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen |
Moderator/Chair: | Paul Binski, Department of History of Art, University of Cambridge |
Paper 848-a | Death and Illness (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Mentalities |
Paper 848-b | Chivalry (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Mentalities |
Paper 848-c | Religion (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Mentalities |
Abstract | In 1919, the Dutch historian Johan Huizinga published his Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen, later to be translated into English in 1924, under the title of 'Waning of the Middle Ages', and into several other languages, including German, Finnish, and Russian. Today, it is still in print. |