Autumn of the Middle Ages. 10th ed., Cred. and add. Heyzing J.

Johan Xezinga (1872-1945)-Dutch historian and thinker, professor of the University of Leiden, who was widely known thanks to research on the history of the late Middle Ages and early New Age ("Autumn of the Middle Ages", 1919; Erazm, 1924), as well as his work dedicated to the understanding of the gaming forms of culture (Homo Ludens, 1938).

The book of Johan Xezingi "Autumn of the Middle Ages", first published in 1919, immediately attracted the attention of the mediaists and soon gained the status of one of the classical ones research on the history of culture. In its work, Xezinga offers a subtle and deep analysis of the changes, which marked the transition period between the Middle Ages and the new time. Exploring the cultural forms that constituted the essential side of the life structure of the XIV-XV centuries, such as the courtesy, faith, chivalry, the Dutch historian shows how distant and ossified these categories became, trying to accumulate the accumulated contradictions of the era.

The Autumn of the Middle Ages still remains extremely influential and widely readable work, offering a convincing interpretation of the most important period of European history. This book inspired many researchers and paved the way for several scientific areas: historical anthropology, the history of mentality and the history of everyday life. One of the undeniable advantages of the book is its style. For the figurative, but at the same time the exact language that this work was written, Johan Xezinga in 1939 was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The book was translated into all main European languages; Especially for this publication, Dmitry Sylvestrov prepared the corrected and supplemented version of his translation.

to create an extensive and textured picture of this period, Johan Xezinga rests on a wide range of sources, which includes not only literature, but also art. The publication is richly illustrated by the reproductions of the works of medieval painting, sculpture, engraving and book graphics, which allows you to more fully represent the visible image of the era.