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Thoreau, Henry David, 129, 130, 135
Thoresby, Ralph, 115, 264
“Thresher Labour, The” (Duck), 163
time divisions, 137–40, 339
ancient Roman, 137, 138
cried by nightwatch, 77–78, 79, 138, 293
dead of night in, 138–40
early bedtime and, 264
“first sleep” as, 302, 303
nature in telling of, 90–91, 138, 236
Timms, Ann, 164
Tiv people, 303
toads, 30
Togoland, 4
torches, 5, 40, 51, 67, 74, 108, 127, 129, 131, 210, 211
construction of, 124
touch, sense of, 110, 133–34, 192
Touching the Rock (Hull), 132
Towers, Anne, 92
Traitè de l’Education des Filles (Fénelon), 120–21
traveling, see excursions, nocturnal
Travers, Joshua, 236
treasure hunting, 238, 239
Treatise of Ghosts, A (Taillepied), 301
Trenchard, John, 100
trial nights, 202
trolls, 18
Tryon, Thomas, xxv, 312, 314
Trzecieski, Andrzej, 15
tuberculosis, 14
Tucker, George, 236
Tucker, Josiah, 173
Turner, Nat, 257
Turner, Thomas, 146, 186, 198, 266, 271
Turpin, Dick, 34
Tusser, Thomas, 52, 106, 163, 165, 266, 297
Twelve Tables, 84, 87
Twenty-third Psalm, 4
twilight rest, 109
Two Queens of Brentford, The (D’Urfey), 211
Ufficiali di Notte, 85
Unfortunate Lovers, The, 302
United Irishmen, 257
Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, 130
Universal Passion, The (Miller), 262
upper classes, 45, 156, 210–26
assemblies of, 212–13, 328
banquets of, 210, 212
broken sleep and, 304
carriage promenades of, 212
carrying weapons as privilege of, 66
ceremonious conduct of, 214, 215, 220
communal sleep as viewed by, 280, 281
as courtiers, 211, 214, 217, 226
drinking by, 210
elegance of, 212
“late hours” of, 304
lower classes envied by, 214, 216, 218–19
nocturnal funerals of, 213
pleasure gardens of, 212, 222, 328, 329
poaching on lands of, 33, 241–42, 243–44, 306, 336
solitary sleep of, 297
theaters of, 211, 328–29
see also libertines, aristocratic; masquerades
urinals, 296–97
fireplaces as, 297, 305
vagabonds, 54–55, 150
beds of, 278
social ties of, 252
vagrants, 36, 63, 65, 79, 80, 231, 234, 241
beds of, 278
magical invisibility desired by, 151
punishment of, 151
“valley of the shadow of death,” 4
vampires, 19
Vanbrugh, Sir John, 297
vandalism, 74, 224, 329, 336, 337
of youth gangs, 246–47, 248
van der Heyden, Jan, 72
van der Neer, Aert, 118
van der Poel, Egbert, 50
van der Vinne, Vincent, 121
van de Velde, Essaias, 39
van Honthorst, Gerrit, 114, 295
van Ostade, Adriaen, 190
Vaughan, William, 263
Vauxhall Gardens, 212, 222
Venice, 8, 72
burglaries in, 39
codeghe in, 125
Council of Ten of, 67
filthy streets of, 27
Grand Canal of, 26, 43
Jewish ghettos in, 65
market days of, 172
murders in, 43
night courts of, 85
nocturnal labor in, 160
pilfering in, 175
prostitution in, 244
strangers in, 65
watchmen of, 70
Venner, Tobias, 305
Venus and Adonis (Shakespeare), 127
Verbeecq, Hermanus, 112
veterinarians, 64
Vienna, 34, 65, 73
Vieuxville, abbé de la, 230
Vikings, 5
villages:
demonic beings in, 16–18, 140
family treasure buried in, 94
fires in, 50–51, 54
nightwatch of, 76
pilfering in, 240
walls of, 62
watchdogs of, 95
young people of, 196
youth gangs’ vandalism of, 246–47
Villon, François, 92, 278
violence, 33, 42–47, 66, 79, 142, 180, 329
against anonymous foes, 46
of bakers, 175
in burglaries, 37, 38, 40
domestic, in communal sleep, 282, 283–84
in dreams, 316, 319–20
at festivals, 152
impulsive, 44–47
of libertines, 223–26
night as safety valve for, 80, 254–55, 256
organized, of insurgents, 256–58
of prostitutes, 245
of street mobs, 254
tavern brawls, 46–47, 220, 223
see also murder, murderers; youth gangs
Virgil, 168, 303
Virgin Mary, 71–72, 143
Vlack, Gerard, 53
Wade, John, 311
wafts, 18
Waite, Thomas, 192
Wales, 18
bundling in, 197, 199, 200–201
candle coal from, 102–3
collieries of, 24
cyfarwydd in, 180
livestock brought indoors in, 279
squatters in, 238
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Thoreau, Henry David, 129, 130, 135
Thoresby, Ralph, 115, 264
“Thresher Labour, The” (Duck), 163
time divisions, 137–40, 339
ancient Roman, 137, 138
cried by nightwatch, 77–78, 79, 138, 293
dead of night in, 138–40
early bedtime and, 264
“first sleep” as, 302, 303
nature in telling of, 90–91, 138, 236
Timms, Ann, 164
Tiv people, 303
toads, 30
Togoland, 4
torches, 5, 40, 51, 67, 74, 108, 127, 129, 131, 210, 211
construction of, 124
touch, sense of, 110, 133–34, 192
Touching the Rock (Hull), 132
Towers, Anne, 92
Traitè de l’Education des Filles (Fénelon), 120–21
traveling, see excursions, nocturnal
Travers, Joshua, 236
treasure hunting, 238, 239
Treatise of Ghosts, A (Taillepied), 301
Trenchard, John, 100
trial nights, 202
trolls, 18
Tryon, Thomas, xxv, 312, 314
Trzecieski, Andrzej, 15
tuberculosis, 14
Tucker, George, 236
Tucker, Josiah, 173
Turner, Nat, 257
Turner, Thomas, 146, 186, 198, 266, 271
Turpin, Dick, 34
Tusser, Thomas, 52, 106, 163, 165, 266, 297
Twelve Tables, 84, 87
Twenty-third Psalm, 4
twilight rest, 109
Two Queens of Brentford, The (D’Urfey), 211
Ufficiali di Notte, 85
Unfortunate Lovers, The, 302
United Irishmen, 257
Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, 130
Universal Passion, The (Miller), 262
upper classes, 45, 156, 210–26
assemblies of, 212–13, 328
banquets of, 210, 212
broken sleep and, 304
carriage promenades of, 212
carrying weapons as privilege of, 66
ceremonious conduct of, 214, 215, 220
communal sleep as viewed by, 280, 281
as courtiers, 211, 214, 217, 226
drinking by, 210
elegance of, 212
“late hours” of, 304
lower classes envied by, 214, 216, 218–19
nocturnal funerals of, 213
pleasure gardens of, 212, 222, 328, 329
poaching on lands of, 33, 241–42, 243–44, 306, 336
solitary sleep of, 297
theaters of, 211, 328–29
see also libertines, aristocratic; masquerades
urinals, 296–97
fireplaces as, 297, 305
vagabonds, 54–55, 150
beds of, 278
social ties of, 252
vagrants, 36, 63, 65, 79, 80, 231, 234, 241
beds of, 278
magical invisibility desired by, 151
punishment of, 151
“valley of the shadow of death,” 4
vampires, 19
Vanbrugh, Sir John, 297
vandalism, 74, 224, 329, 336, 337
of youth gangs, 246–47, 248
van der Heyden, Jan, 72
van der Neer, Aert, 118
van der Poel, Egbert, 50
van der Vinne, Vincent, 121
van de Velde, Essaias, 39
van Honthorst, Gerrit, 114, 295
van Ostade, Adriaen, 190
Vaughan, William, 263
Vauxhall Gardens, 212, 222
Venice, 8, 72
burglaries in, 39
codeghe in, 125
Council of Ten of, 67
filthy streets of, 27
Grand Canal of, 26, 43
Jewish ghettos in, 65
market days of, 172
murders in, 43
night courts of, 85
nocturnal labor in, 160
pilfering in, 175
prostitution in, 244
strangers in, 65
watchmen of, 70
Venner, Tobias, 305
Venus and Adonis (Shakespeare), 127
Verbeecq, Hermanus, 112
veterinarians, 64
Vienna, 34, 65, 73
Vieuxville, abbé de la, 230
Vikings, 5
villages:
demonic beings in, 16–18, 140
family treasure buried in, 94
fires in, 50–51, 54
nightwatch of, 76
pilfering in, 240
walls of, 62
watchdogs of, 95
young people of, 196
youth gangs’ vandalism of, 246–47
Villon, François, 92, 278
violence, 33, 42–47, 66, 79, 142, 180, 329
against anonymous foes, 46
of bakers, 175
in burglaries, 37, 38, 40
domestic, in communal sleep, 282, 283–84
in dreams, 316, 319–20
at festivals, 152
impulsive, 44–47
of libertines, 223–26
night as safety valve for, 80, 254–55, 256
organized, of insurgents, 256–58
of prostitutes, 245
of street mobs, 254
tavern brawls, 46–47, 220, 223
see also murder, murderers; youth gangs
Virgil, 168, 303
Virgin Mary, 71–72, 143
Vlack, Gerard, 53
Wade, John, 311
wafts, 18
Waite, Thomas, 192
Wales, 18
bundling in, 197, 199, 200–201
candle coal from, 102–3
collieries of, 24
cyfarwydd in, 180
livestock brought indoors in, 279
squatters in, 238
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