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Book Review of Men and Ideas: History, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance: Essays

Men and Ideas: History, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance: Essays
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Consists of 11 timeless essays by the Dutch historian Johan Huizinga, translated by James S. Holmes and Hans van Marle. Huizinga's piece ''Patriotism and Nationalism'' has been termed pertinent and his portraits (of John of Salisbury, Abelard, Bernard Shaw, Erasmus and Grotius) have been called particularly insightful.