French Books of Hours - Making an Archive of Prayer, c.1400-1600 (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2012
First published:	February 2012
Authors:	Virginia Reinburg
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	312
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-00721-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian liturgy, prayerbooks & hymnals > Christian prayerbooks Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian liturgy, prayerbooks & hymnals > Christian prayerbooks Books > Christianity > Christian liturgy, prayerbooks & hymnals > Christian prayerbooks Promotions
LSN:	1-107-00721-6
Barcode:	9781107007215

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