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100 1 $aKoslofsky, Craig.
245 10 $aEvening's empire :$ba history of the night in early modern Europe /$cCraig Koslofsky.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2011.
300 $axvi, 431 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aNew studies in European history
520 $a"What does it mean to write a history of the night? Evening's Empire is a fascinating study of the myriad ways in which early modern people understood, experienced, and transformed the night. Using diaries, letters, and legal records together with representations of the night in early modern religion, literature and art, Craig Koslofsky opens up an entirely new perspective on early modern Europe. He shows how princes, courtiers, burghers and common people 'nocturnalized' political expression, the public sphere and the use of daily time. Fear of the night was now mingled with improved opportunities for labour and leisure: the modern night was beginning to assume its characteristic shape. Evening's Empire takes the evocative history of the night into early modern politics, culture and society, revealing its importance to key themes from witchcraft, piety, and gender to colonization, race, and the Enlightenment"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 372-423) and index.
500 $aMachine generated contents note: 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.
505 0 $a1. 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.
650 0 $aNight.
650 0 $aNight$xSocial aspects$zEurope.
650 0 $aNightlife$zEurope.
651 0 $aEurope$xSocial life and customs.
651 0 $aEurope$xHistory$y16th century.
651 0 $aEurope$xHistory$y17th century.
830 0 $aNew studies in European history.
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