The Waning of the Middle Ages (Penguin Books)

This magnificent study of life, thought and art in France and the Netherlands in the fourteenth and fifteenth century remains a classic historical work.

In it, Johan Huizinga challenges the prevailing notion that the Middle Ages were just a prelude to the Renaissance. Examining in detail the work of the brothers Van Eyck, he goes on to demonstrate his belief that the actions of princes and statesmen, the chivalry of knights, ...