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Medieval insomnia: a poem

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Sep 10, 2016
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Of all medieval Italian poets, Enrico of Settimello (fl. 1192) (or Arrighetto, as he's otherwise known) may have been the most sleep-deprived. Though we know very little about him, he seems to have had a lot in common with modern-day insomniacs. The only difference between him and most of us here is that he got up to write elegiac couplets about it. Her…

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