The Autumn of the Middle Ages, is an insightful look into the social, political, spiritual, artistic, cultural, and even ecclesiastical facets of life, in northern France and the Netherlands, during the 14th and 15th centuries. Huizingas work proves that he is truly a master of medieval and Renaissance history. Huzinga originally published this work, in 1919, and was translated in English as The Waning of the Middle Ages. One can see why this work quickly became the foundation for not only the understanding of the history of the late Middle Ages, in Northern Europe, but also the foundation of scholarly writing of history that is based upon critical analysis, evaluation and selection of authentic source materials.
