{"product_id":"9781139234320","title":"French Books of Hours: Making an Archive of Prayer, c.1400-1600","description":"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.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131749646576,"sku":"9781139234320","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781139234320_p0.jpg?v=1763699932","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781139234320","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}