Evening's empire : a history of the night in early modern Europe

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What does it mean to write a history of the night? Evening's Empire is a fascinating study of the myriad ways in which early modern people understood, experienced, and transformed the night. Using diaries, letters, and legal records together with representations of the night in early modern religion, literature and art, Craig Koslofsky opens up an entirely new perspective on early modern Europe. He shows how princes, courtiers, burghers and common people 'nocturnalized' political expression, the public sphere and the use of daily time. Fear of the night was now mingled with improved opportunities for labour and leisure: the modern night was beginning to assume its characteristic shape. Evening's Empire takes the evocative history of the night into early modern politics, culture and society, revealing its importance to key themes from witchcraft, piety, and gender to colonization, race, and the Enlightenment. … celý popis

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Hlavní autor

Craig Koslofsky, 1963-

Typ dokumentu

Knihy

Fyzický popis

xvi, 431 stran : ilustrace, faksimile

Vydáno

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011

Vydání

First published

Edice

New studies in European history

Témata

16.-17. století

noční doba > Evropa > 16.-17. století

noční doba > sociální aspekty

noční život > Evropa > 16.-17. století

kultura a společnost > Evropa > 16.-17. století

night time > Europe > 16th-17th centuries

night time > social aspects

night life > Europe > 16th-17th centuries

culture and society > Europe > 16th-17th centuries

Evropa > dějiny > 16.-17. století

Europe > history > 16th-17th centuries

monografie

monographs

ISBN

978-0-521-89643-6
978-0-521-72106-6