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Aug. 23rd, 2014 05:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
That 'most precious relic' of Old English, the tedious Saxon romance of Beowulf, gives us some clues to the sleeping habits of a thousand years ago.
Lawrence Wright, Warm & Snug: The History of the Bed, 1962.