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 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.
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