Virginia Reinburg: 2 books
French Books of Hours
Making an Archive of Prayer, c.1400–1600
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
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...
Storied Places
Pilgrim Shrines, Nature, and History in Early Modern France
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2019
Pilgrim shrines were places of healing, holiness, and truth in early modern France. By analyzing the creation of these pilgrim shrines as natural, legendary, and historic places whose authority provided a new foundation for post-Reformation Catholic life, Virginia Reinburg examines the impact of the...