French books of hours : making an archive of prayer, c. 1400-1600 / Virginia Reinburg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reinburg, Virginia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Books of hours--France.

Books of hours.

Books and reading--Social aspects--France--History.

Books and reading.

Books and reading--History.

Books and reading--France--History.

Books--History--400-1450.

Books.

Books--History--1450-1600.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 297 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

A social history of the book of hours. Culture and commerce ; Owners and their books ; Prayer book and primer

An ethnography of prayer. Words and rites ; A fragment of a religion ; Prayer to the Virgin Mary.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-22767-4

1-139-23432-3

1-280-48562-0

1-139-23284-3

9786613580603

1-139-23063-8

1-139-22917-6

1-139-03049-3

1-139-23208-8

1-139-23362-9

OCLC:

780425830