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    Johan Huizinga (Dutch: [ˈjoːɦɑn ˈɦœyzɪŋɣaː]; 7 December 1872 – 1 February 1945) was a Dutch historian and one of the founders of modern cultural history...
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    Homo Ludens (category Books by Johan Huizinga)
    historian and cultural theorist Johan Huizinga. It discusses the importance of the play element of culture and society. Huizinga suggests that play is primary...
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  • singer Johan Huizinga, Dutch historian John Huizinga, Dutch physical anthropologist Mark Huizinga, Dutch judoka and Olympic gold medalist Tineke Huizinga, Dutch...
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    The Autumn of the Middle Ages (category Books by Johan Huizinga)
    in 1932), is the best-known work by the Dutch historian Johan Huizinga. In the book, Huizinga presents the idea that the exaggerated formality and romanticism...
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    Waning of the Middle Ages by Johan Huizinga." Daedalus 1974 103(1): 35–43. ISSN 0011-5266; R. L. Colie, "Johan Huizinga and the Task of Cultural History...
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  • Echoes of Burkhardt's approach in the 20th century can be seen in Johan Huizinga's The Waning of the Middle Ages (1919). Most often the focus is on phenomena...
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    (Warsaw 2010) Three people at a dive bar (Boston 2023) According to Johan Huizinga, fun is "an absolutely primary category of life, familiar to everybody...
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    Dukes of Burgundy were the creators of a Burgundian or Belgian nation. Johan Huizinga reused the concept out of convenience at the beginning of the 20th century...
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    Dutch cultural historian Johan Huizinga argued that games were a primary condition of the generation of human cultures. Huizinga saw the playing of games...
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    1904. List of dragons in popular culture List of fictional princesses Johan Huizinga, The Autumn of the Middle Ages p 83 ISBN 0-226-35992-1 Northrop Frye...
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