Why Did Victorian London Pay Men to Wake You at 4 A.M.? Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Window Before Dawn, Inside the Answered Window, Mrs Waters Learns the Route, and Dating the Wake-Up Image.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Window Before Dawn

50:14 Inside the Answered Window

1:21:21 Mrs Waters Learns the Route

1:47:28 Dating the Wake-Up Image

2:16:57 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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Why Did Medieval Peasants Wake Up at Midnight? Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Night Without a Timetable, The Witness Who Said 'First Sleep', The Bell That Really Did Wake People, and Three Phrases on a Historian's Desk.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Night Without a Timetable

52:35 The Witness Who Said 'First Sleep'

1:25:08 The Bell That Really Did Wake People

1:51:44 Three Phrases on a Historian's Desk

2:21:43 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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How Did a Medieval Household Actually Run? Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Household Arrives Before It Settles, The Axle Has a Journey of Its Own, A Goldsmith's House Does Several Jobs, and What the Roll Can Prove.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Household Arrives Before It Settles

53:00 The Axle Has a Journey of Its Own

1:25:46 A Goldsmith's House Does Several Jobs

1:53:12 What the Roll Can Prove

2:21:43 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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Would You Last a Day as a Medieval Apprentice? Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The First Day at a London Goldsmith's Bench, Keeping the Household Bargain, A Clerk Changes John Forneys's Binding, and The Indented Edge in the Reading Room.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The First Day at a London Goldsmith's Bench

52:17 Keeping the Household Bargain

1:26:43 A Clerk Changes John Forneys's Binding

1:53:14 The Indented Edge in the Reading Room

2:21:43 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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What Was a Medieval English Fair Really Like? Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Hill That Becomes a Market Town, Keeping the May Fair Credible, A Sack of Wool Finds Its Buyer, and What the Charter Can Actually Tell You.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Hill That Becomes a Market Town

51:16 Keeping the May Fair Credible

1:25:09 A Sack of Wool Finds Its Buyer

1:53:00 What the Charter Can Actually Tell You

2:21:02 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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Which Medieval English Laws Would Get You Arrested Today? Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: A Wage Bargain in Colchester, 1352, The Loaf at Hingham's Tolhouse, 1468, A Sunday Counter in London, 1444, and Five Calls in a County Court.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 A Wage Bargain in Colchester, 1352

52:13 The Loaf at Hingham's Tolhouse, 1468

1:25:30 A Sunday Counter in London, 1444

1:53:03 Five Calls in a County Court

2:21:38 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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What Was Considered Normal in a Medieval Winter? Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: A Winter Day at Wharram Percy, Bread Before the Countess Arrives, When Winter Lasted Until June on Paper, and The Month in the Margin.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 A Winter Day at Wharram Percy

54:07 Bread Before the Countess Arrives

1:27:35 When Winter Lasted Until June on Paper

1:56:01 The Month in the Margin

2:20:54 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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What Rules Did the Knights Templar Actually Live By? Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: A Day Under the Primitive Rule, The Barns and the Book of the Estate, A Small Question Before Chapter, and Three Witnesses on a Quiet Desk.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 A Day Under the Primitive Rule

52:05 The Barns and the Book of the Estate

1:24:33 A Small Question Before Chapter

1:52:12 Three Witnesses on a Quiet Desk

2:20:27 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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What Medieval Villagers Did All Winter. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: A Winter Day at Cuxham, The Ploughshare Before Spring, Robert Oldman's Winter Reckoning, and Christmas Without the Pageant.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 A Winter Day at Cuxham

50:44 The Ploughshare Before Spring

1:22:53 Robert Oldman's Winter Reckoning

1:48:11 Christmas Without the Pageant

2:15:58 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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Would You Last a Day in a Medieval English Town? Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: A Newcomer's Day Through York, The Shop Behind the Street, Keeping a Street Passable, and The Hospital Settles.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 A Newcomer's Day Through York

51:10 The Shop Behind the Street

1:23:33 Keeping a Street Passable

1:50:19 The Hospital Settles

2:17:31 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

Watch Sleep vs History on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/@SleepVsHistory