The Waning of the Middle Ages from the simple to the

from the simple to the complex

geometric patterns

Breton lays of Marie de France

mosaic designs

social and political activities

The Waning of the Middle Ages from the simple to theThis classic study of art, life, and thought in France and the Netherlands during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries ranks as one of the most perceptive analyses of the medieval period. A brilliantly creative work that established the reputation of Dutch historian John Huizinga (1872 1945), the book argues that the era of diminishing chivalry reflected the spirit of an age and that its figures and events were neither a prelude to the Renaissance