This is a portrait of life, thought and art in 14th- and 15th-century France and the Netherlands. Regarded as an historical classic by many scholars, it has also been criticized and incorrectly translated. This edition corrects changes made by other translators to the original Dutch text of 1919.

The first full translation into English of Johan Huizinga's classic portrait of life, thought, and art in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century France and the Netherlands, "The Autumn of the Middle Ages" presents a "pathbreaking piece of historical interpretation" ("New York Times Book Review"). 45 halftones.