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100			_aKoslofsky, Craig _97065
245		0	_aEvening's Empire: A History of the Night in Early Modern Europe _cCraig Koslofsky
260			_bCambridge University Press; _c2011
300			_a448p; _c23x15cm
520			_aWhat 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.
546			_aEnglish
650			_aHN50-995 Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform- By region or country
650			_aPrisons _97066
651			_aUSA _91368
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