The Waning of the Middle AgesA study of the forms of life, thought and art in France and the Netherlands in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries |
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aesthetic Alain Chartier allegory artistic ballads beauty bien Burgundian called Charles the Bold Chastellain chivalry Christ Christine de Pisan Church colours conception court courtly culture dame danger death Denis the Carthusian Deschamps Dieu difierence divine dressed duke of Burgundy element epoch erotic Eustache Deschamps evil expression Eyck faith fancy festivals fidelity field fifteenth century fight figures find fine fire first five fixed flowers France French Froissart give hand heart holy honour idea ideal images imagination influence Jan van Eyck Jean Jean de Bueil king knight lady literary literature living lord magnificence medieval Middle Ages mind Molinet moral motif mystic nature never nobility noble painting Paris passion person Philip picture Pierre piety pious poem poet poetry political primitive princes reflected religious Renaissance represented Roman Rose sacred Saint says sentiment significance soul spirit style suffices symbolic theme things thought tion virtue vision