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9780393050899

At Day's Close : Night in Times Past

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  • ISBN13:

    9780393050899

  • ISBN10:

    0393050890

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-06-13
  • Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc

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Summary

Nighttime--the forgotten half of history--spawned a remarkably vibrant culture with its own rules and rituals, scents, sights, and sounds.

Author Biography

A. Roger Ekrich is a professor of history at Virginia Tech.

Table of Contents

Illustrations
xi
Acknowledgments xvii
Preface xxv
Shutting-In xxxi
PART ONE: IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH
Prelude
3(4)
Terrors of the Night: Heavens and Earth
7(24)
Mortal Perils: Plunder, Violence, and Fire
31(30)
PART TWO: LAWS OF NATURE
Prelude
59(2)
The Fragility of Authority: Church and State
61(29)
A Man's House Is His Castle: Domestic Fortifications
90(28)
Darkness Visible: Navigating the Nightscape
118(37)
PART THREE: BENIGHTED REALMS
Prelude
149(6)
Works of Darkness: Labor
155(30)
The Common-Benefactress: Sociability, Sex, and Solitude
185(25)
Knightwalkers: Princes and Peers
210(17)
Masters by Night: Plebeians
227(36)
PART FOUR: PRIVATE WORLDS
Prelude
261(2)
Ordinances of the Bedchamber: Rituals
263(22)
Unraveling the Knitted Sleeve: Disturbances
285(15)
Sleep We Have Lost: Rhythms and Revelations
300(24)
Cock-Crow 324(17)
Notes 341(74)
Index 415

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