French Books of Hours: Making an Archive of Prayer, c.1400–1600 - Softcover

Reinburg, Virginia

 
9781107460065: French Books of Hours: Making an Archive of Prayer, c.1400–1600
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1107460069 ISBN 13: 9781107460065
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

The book of hours was a 'best-seller' in medieval and early modern Europe, the era's most commonly produced and owned book. This interdisciplinary study explores its increasing popularity and prestige, offering a full account of the book of hours as a book – how it was acquired, how it was read to guide prayer and teach literacy and what it meant to its owners as a personal possession. Based on the study of over 500 manuscripts and printed books from France, Virginia Reinburg combines a social history of the book of hours with an ethnography of prayer. Approaching the practice of prayer as both speech and ritual, she argues that a central part of the book of hours' appeal for lay people was its role as a bridge between the liturgy and the home. Reinburg describes how the book of hours shaped religious practice through the ways in which it was used.

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About the Author

Virginia Reinburg is an Associate Professor of History at Boston College, Massachusetts.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1107460069
ISBN 13 
9781107460065
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
312

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