Sleep in early modern England:

"Drawing on diverse archival sources and material artifacts, Handley reveals that the way we sleep is as dependent on culture as it is on biological and environmental factors. After 1660 the accepted notion that sleepers lay at the mercy of natural forces and supernatural agents was challenged...

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Main Author: Handley, Sasha (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven ; London Yale University Press [2016]
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Summary:"Drawing on diverse archival sources and material artifacts, Handley reveals that the way we sleep is as dependent on culture as it is on biological and environmental factors. After 1660 the accepted notion that sleepers lay at the mercy of natural forces and supernatural agents was challenged by new medical thinking about sleep's relationship to the nervous system. This breakthrough coincided with radical changes shaping everything from sleeping hours to bedchambers. Handley's illuminating work documents a major evolution in our conscious understanding of the unconscious"...
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
Physical Description:xii, 280 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780300220391

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