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Evening's Empire: A History of the Night in Early Modern Europe (2011)

Koslofsky, Craig M. (Author)

Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2011
Language: English

ISBN: 9780521721066

Publication Date: 2011
Physical Details: xvi + 431 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index

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Science and religion Gods; deities; spirits Courts and courtiers Court sponsored science Urbanization Science and culture Science and politics Everyday life Witchcraft; demonology Night Early modern 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century

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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Description Explores the way people understood the night, using diaries, letters, legal records, and representations of the night in religion, literature and art.

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Review Zmora, Hillay (2013) Review of "Evening's Empire: A History of the Night in Early Modern Europe". Central European History (p. 645). unapi

Review Heal, Bridget (2013) Review of "Evening's Empire: A History of the Night in Early Modern Europe". English Historical Review (p. 1229). unapi

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