Erasmus and Sleep: A Case Study for the History of Sleep in the Early Modern Period

Erasmus of Rotterdam viewed sleep as playing a fundamental role in the functioning of the intellect and in the preservation of health. As a young man, Erasmus found the vigils imposed in the middle of the night in the monastery of the Austin Canons in Steyn too heavy a burden for him, and he mention...

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Main Author: Crousaz, Karine (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc. 2023
In: The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2023, Volume: 54, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 355-379
IxTheo Classification:KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
NBE Anthropology
Further subjects:B Sleep
B ERASMUS, Desiderius, d. 1536
B Health
B Intellect
B MONASTIC life
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