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Men and ideas : history, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance : essays
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Men and ideas : history, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance : essays / by Johan Huizinga ; translated by James S. Holmes and Hans van Marle.
Published
New York : Harper & Row, 1970.
Physical Description
378 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
"TB1518"--Cover.
On cover: Men & ideas.
"Translated from texts in Verzamelde werken (1948-53)"--T.p. verso.
Variant and related titles
Men & ideas.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Series
Harper torchbooks
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references: (p. 343-370) and index.
Contents
I. History. The task of cultural history. Historical ideals of life. Patriotism and nationalism in European history. II. The Middle Ages. John of Salisbury : a pre-Gothic mind. Abelard. The political and military significance of chivalric ideas in the late Middle Ages. Bernard Shaw's Saint. III. The Renaissance. The problem of the Renaissance. Renaissance and realism. In commemoration of Erasmus. Grotius and his time.
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