Johan Huizinga was the most renowned Dutch historian of the twentieth century, and his work ranged from medieval art to mechanization in modern America.
His influential book Autumntide of the Middle Age s is still considered one of the most perceptive and influential analyses of the late medieval period.
Its wide-ranging discussion of the ritual, formalism, and spirituality of medieval society makes it a classic study of life, culture, and thought in fourteenth and fifteen.