Books > Christianity > Christian liturgy, prayerbooks & hymnals > Christian prayerbooks
|
Buy Now
French Books of Hours - Making an Archive of Prayer, c.1400-1600 (Paperback)
Loot Price: R923
Discovery Miles 9 230
|
|
French Books of Hours - Making an Archive of Prayer, c.1400-1600 (Paperback)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
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
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.