Erasmus and Sleep
A Case Study for the History of Sleep in the Early Modern Period
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16613805 |
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| Authors | Karine Crousaz (University of Lausanne, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 355-379 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sixteenth Century Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-0160 • E-ISSN: 2326-0726 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/727953 |
| OpenAlex | W4399994462 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
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 mentioned them regularly among the reasons why he was not made for the monastic life. With his famous colloquy Diluculum, however, Erasmus played a part in imposing on the modern West the idea that one needs to rise early to accomplish complex intellectual work. As a corollary, but one that is much less known than his advice in the Diluculum, Erasmus strictly avoided night work and advised his readers to do the same
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Erasmus · Period (music · Sleep (system call · The Renaissance · Computer Science · Early Modern Women Writers · Historical Influence and Diplomacy · History · Medicine · Psychology · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Highly cited | No |
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