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French Books of Hours

Making an Archive of Prayer, C.1400-1600

  • Paperback
  • 312 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.7 cm

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For history buffs and those interested in prayer

Explains the Book of Hours' role in personal faith

You will gain a deeper understanding of prayer's impact

This insightful study uncovers the significance of the medieval Book of Hours in personal prayer and literacy.

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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  • Title

    French Books of Hours

  • Author

    Virginia Reinburg

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    November 2014

  • Weight

    418g

  • Page Count

    312

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9781107460065

  • ISBN-10

    1107460069

  • Eden Code

    4300211

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