Published: 2025-09-09

Sleep, rest, and leisure activities of Polish travelers in parental guidelines in the 16th–18th centuries

Marcin Broniarczyk
Echa Przeszłości
Section: ARTICLES
https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.11730

Abstract

This article attempts to determine whether parental guidelines in the 16th-18th centuries contained
any recommendations concerning sleep, rest, and leisure activities. A detailed analysis of historical parental guide books indicates that such recommendations had been formulated. Although most guidelines for young travelers focused on education, the preferred topics of study, and learning about foreign cultures and customs, they also paid considerable attention to the travelers’ daily schedule to ensure that they get the required sleep and rest. The importance of sleep for maintaining good health and effective learning was widely recognized. Young travelers were advised to get at least eight hours of sleep each day, which was regarded as the optimal time for regeneration. This view continues to be upheld by modern medical science.

Keywords:

sleep, rest, foreign travel, parental guidelines

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Broniarczyk, M. (2025). Sleep, rest, and leisure activities of Polish travelers in parental guidelines in the 16th–18th centuries. Echa Przeszłości, (XXVI/1), 85–95. https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.11730

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