Craig Koslofsky

Evening's Empire

A History of the Night in Early Modern Europe

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This fascinating study explores the myriad ways in which early modern people understood, experienced and transformed the night.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 797g
• ISBN-13: 9780521896436
• ISBN-10: 0521896436
• Artikelnr.: 32694377

Autorenporträt

Craig Koslofsky is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His previous publications include The Reformation of the Dead: Death and Ritual in Early Modern Germany (2001).

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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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.

Rezensionen

'Koslofsky's epic history of the night reveals a revolution: how stage lights remade theater, how Lutheran mystics penetrated the night, how witch hunters fought the devil on his own nocturnal turf, how racism mirrored the presumed iniquity of blackness, and how street lights pacified cities. Readers will find surprises on every page.' Edward Muir, Northwestern University