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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture There is some written evidence that after work stopped because of lack of light, a leasurely supper was prepared and eaten slowly in front of the fire with some room for gossip and tales. It is possible that this did not take too long, because several city ordinances show that the 'couvre feu' call came pretty early in winter and that city gates closed around 21.00 PM. Opening times for them, also in winter were usually before the sun came up. In summer supper was prepared before the work stopped and still eaten around vesper time. Besides, that humans nowadays seem to 'need' 8 hours of sleep says nothing about what our forfathers practiced in real life in the past. Henk -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Namens Andrew Larsen Verzonden: maandag 19 oktober 2009 13:47 Aan: [log in to unmask] Onderwerp: Re: [M-R] Medieval lighting medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Again, thanks. Some of that I knew, but much is new and interesting. One point though. While pre-modern people certainly slept on a different cycle than we do, they can't simply have gone to bed as soon as it got dark and gotten up when it was light, for the simple reason that humans only need about 8 hours of sleep and for most of the year there is more than 8 hours of darkness. Andrew E. Larsen ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html