02129nam a22002417a 4500 20181112143945.0 181017b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780521721066 SARAS Books ;2/31,Ansari Road,Darya Ganj,New Delhi-110002 ;IN37907 ;12/10/2018 304.237094 KOS Craig Koslofsky Evening's empire : a history of the night in early modern Europe /Craig Koslofsky Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press , 2011. xvi, 431 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. 2184 New studies in European history. 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. 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 Social Sciences Manners and customs Craig Koslofsky BOOK 50345 50345 0 0 ddc 0 0 SNUL SNUL 2018-10-17 2184.00 1 304.237094 KOS 25768 2024-08-26 00:00:00 2024-07-03 2018-10-17 BOOK