Book & podcast collection

Sleep in Early Modern England

by Sasha Handley

A riveting look at how the early modern world revolutionized sleep and its relation to body, mind, soul, and society 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 nat

Publisher

Yale University Press

Publication date

2016

Format

Print edition

Pages

296

ISBN

9780300220391