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Updated version of the talk given to the Medieval Dress and Textile Society, 28th November 2020. A general look at beds and bedding across the later medieval and early modern period. Much of it will focus on information that has been gathered from.
9 lip 2007 · The book's subtitle The Bed from Antiquity to Now impresses by its enormous time span, and suggests an account of the historic development of the bed in Western civilization. This suggestion proves to be wrong, however, for its scope is even broader.
Pulling back the covers on the fascinating, yet often forgotten, history of the bed Louis XIV ruled France from his bedchamber. Winston Churchill governed B...
1 sty 2006 · PDF | On Jan 1, 2006, S. van der Geest and others published Beds and culture: Introduction | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
28 sty 2024 · From beds for Roman newlyweds, to "hangover" benches for 19th-Century workers: the pursuit of a good night's sleep has followed us through the ages.
24 paź 2019 · “English beds evolved from straw pallets on bare floors to elevated wooden frames complete with pillows, sheets, blankets, and flock mattresses, filled with rags and stray pieces of wool. It was considered essential not to lie too close to the ground, where the night air was thought to be noxious,” says Ekirch.
In this article, we seek to bring these varied historiographies and approaches into a fruitful dialogue with one essential threedimensional household feature, in order to reveal the material and emotional experiences it enabled and embodied. The material archive of early modern English beds and bedding (like all archives) is partial and ...
