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

Koslofsky, Craig, 1963-

1. publ.

Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2011

XVI, 431 S. : Ill., Kt. ; 23 cm

Englisch

1. An early modern revolution -- 2. Darkness and the devil, 1450-1650 -- 3. Seeking the Lord in the night, 1530-1650 -- 4. Princes of darkness: the night at court, 1600-1750 -- 5. "An entirely new contrivance": the rise of street lighting, 1660-1700 -- 6. Colonizing the urban night: resistance, gender and the public sphere -- 7. Colonizing the rural night? -- 8. Darkness and enlightenment -- 9. Conclusion.

Literaturverz. S. 372 - 423. - Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke

978-0-521-89643-6 ((hbk.) £45.00); 978-0-521-72106-6 ((pbk.) £17.99); 0-521-89643-6 ((hbk.) £45.00); 0-521-72106-7 ((pbk.) £17.99)

2011008028

015722944

9780521721066

OCoLC: 706988495     

OCoLC: 706988495 (aus SWB)     

NN 1300  | NN 1400  | NN 4430  | NK 4760  | NN 1540      Ähnliche Literatur

GT3408

304.2/37094 ; 304.230940903

Basisklassifikation: 15.07 (Kulturgeschichte) ; 15.34 (Europäische Geschichte 1492-1789)

*Europa ; Nacht ; Geschichte 1500-1800     Zum Register

LOC-SH: Night ; Night -- Social aspects -- Europe ; Nightlife -- Europe ; Europe -- Social life and customs ; Europe -- History -- 16th century ; Europe -- History -- 17th century

Europa ; Nacht ; Geschichte 1500-1800 ; Night / Social aspects / Europe ; Enlightenment ; Night / Religious aspects ; Nightlife / Europe / History ; Night in literature ; Night in art ; Europe / Social life and customs

"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"--

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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"--

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