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French Books of Hours

Virginia Reinburg

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  • 312 sidor
  • 2012
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.
  • Författare: Virginia Reinburg
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9781107007215
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 312
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2012-02-02
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press