Evening's Empire

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

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.