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028			_aSARAS Books _b;2/31,Ansari Road,Darya Ganj,New Delhi-110002 _c;IN37907 _d;12/10/2018
082			_a304.237094 KOS
100			_aCraig Koslofsky
245			_aEvening's empire _b : a history of the night in early modern Europe _c/Craig Koslofsky
260			_aCambridge ; New York _b : Cambridge University Press _c, 2011.
300			_axvi, 431 pages _b: illustrations _c ; 24 cm.
365			_b2184
490			_aNew studies in European history.
505			_a 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.
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
650			_aSocial Sciences
655			_aManners and customs
700			_aCraig Koslofsky
942			_cBOOK
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