What We Did in Bed
What We Did in Bed Pulling back the covers on the fascinating, yet often forgotten, history of the bedLouis XIV ruled France from his bedchamber. Travelers routinely used to bed down with complete…
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What We Did in Bed
Pulling back the covers on the fascinating, yet often forgotten, history of the bedLouis XIV ruled France from his bedchamber. Travelers routinely used to bed down with complete strangers, and whole families shared beds in many preindustrial households. Winston Churchill governed Britain from his during World War II.
Tutankhamun was buried on a golden bed, wealthy Greeks were sent to the afterlife on dining beds, and deceased middle-class Victorians were propped up on a bed in the parlor.In this sweeping social history that covers the past seventy thousand years, Brian Fagan and Nadia Durrani look at the endlessly varied role of the bed through time. Beds were expensive items--and often for show. This was a place for sex, death, childbirth, storytelling, and sociability as well as sleeping.
But who did what with whom, why, and how could vary incredibly depending on