Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Preface
SHUTTING-IN
PART ONE: IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH
PRELUDE
ONE: Terrors of the Night: Heavens and Earth
TWO: Mortal Perils: Plunder, Violence, and Fire
PART TWO: LAWS OF NATURE
PRELUDE
THREE: The Fragility of Authority: Church and State
FOUR: A Man’s House Is His Castle: Domestic Fortifications
FIVE: Darkness Visible: Navigating the Nightscape
PART THREE: BENIGHTED REALMS
PRELUDE
SIX: Works of Darkness: Labor
SEVEN: The Common Benefactress: Sociability, Sex, and Solitude
EIGHT: Knightwalkers: Princes and Peers
NINE: Masters by Night: Plebeians
PART FOUR: PRIVATE WORLDS
PRELUDE
TEN: Ordinances of the Bedchamber: Rituals
ELEVEN: Unraveling the Knitted Sleeve: Disturbances
TWELVE: Sleep We Have Lost: Rhythms and Revelations
COCK-CROW
Notes
Index