Fabian Nicieza worked on Guardians of the Galaxy.
The Autumn of the Middle Ages , or The Waning of the Middle Ages -LRB- published in 1919 as Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen and translated into English in 1924 -RRB- , is the best-known work by the Dutch historian Johan Huizinga .. Johan Huizinga. Johan Huizinga. Its subtitle is  : `` A study of the forms of life , thought and art in France and the Netherlands in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries '' .. In the book , Huizinga presents the idea that the exaggerated formality and romanticism of late medieval court society was a defense mechanism against the constantly increasing violence and brutality of general society .. late medieval. late medieval. court. noble court. He saw the period as one of pessimism , cultural exhaustion , and nostalgia , rather than of rebirth and optimism .. Huizinga 's work later came under criticism , especially for relying too heavily on evidence from the rather exceptional case of the Burgundian court .. court. noble court. Burgundian. Duchy of Burgundy. A new English translation of the book was published in 1996 because of perceived deficiencies in the original translation , although the new translation itself was criticized for being based on a German translation of the original Dutch book .