Evening''s Empire - A History of the Night in Early Modern Europe

Informationen zum Autor Craig Koslofsky is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His previous publications include The Reformation of the Dead: Death and Ritual in Early Modern Germany (2001). Klappentext This fascinating study explores the myriad ways in which early modern people understood, experienced and transformed the night. Zusammenfassung This illuminating guide to the night opens up an entirely new vista on early modern Europe. Using diaries! letters! legal records and representations of the night in early modern religion! literature and art! Craig Koslofsky explores the myriad ways in which early modern people understood! experienced and transformed the night. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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. Colonising the urban night: resistance, gender and the public sphere; 7. Colonising the rural night?; 8. Darkness and enlightenment; 9. Conclusion.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Craig Koslofsky, Craig M. Koslofsky, KOSLOFSKY CRAIG M
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2011
• EAN: 9780521896436
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89643-6
• Pagine: 448
• Serie: New Studies in European History
• Categorie: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Natura e società: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Ecologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700