Prayer Books and Piety in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe / Gebetbücher und Frömmigkeit in Spätmittelalter und Früher Neuzeit

Contributions by András Bándi Contributions by Regina Cermann Contributions by Paula Cotoi Contributions by Maria Crăciun Contributions by Adinel Dinca Contributions by Carmen Florea Contributions by Niranjan Goswami Contributions by Constantin Ittu Contributions by Katalin Luffy Contributions by Adrian Papahagi Contributions by Edit Szegedi Contributions by Kata Szűcs Contributions by Ulrich A. Wien Contributions by Volker Leppin Contributions by Kathrin Chlench-Priber Contributions by Christopher Ocker Edited by Maria Crăciun Edited by Volker Leppin Edited by Katalin Luffy Edited by Ulrich A. Wien Associate editor Christopher B. Brown Associate editor Günter Frank Associate editor Barbara Mahlmann-Bauer Associate editor Tarald Rasmussen Associate editor Violet Soen Associate editor Zsombor Tóth Associate editor Günther Wassilowsky Associate editor Siegrid Westphal

Extent: 407 pages

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies

Series: Refo500 Academic Studies

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(May 2023)

ISBN: 9783525573457

6.3 x 9.25 inches

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Synopsis
Contributing Authors

Religious texts of various literary genres reveal the transforming expressions of piety from medieval times to the early modern period.

This collected volume is dedicated to the role of prayer books in lay piety in medieval and early modern contexts. Instead of focusing on individual examples, it places them within the broader genre of devotional literature and considers them in connection with prevailing cultural, religious and artistic developments, taking into account the Reformation, the printing press and growing interest in lay piety, in the context of increasing individualism, developing literacy, privatization and/or personalization of religion. Contextualising devotional literature, the volume refines understandings of religious practice fostered by traditional Catholicism and early modern Protestantism and its relationship with the written word, locating the use of books within a devotional ‘diet’ that included oral recitation of prayers as well as contemplation of images. Stressing continuities, often against the grain of existing literature, this volume highlights differences between regional cultures of prayer in contrast to norms set by the universal Church and emphasizes the tension between public/communal and private/individual devotion.

Contributions by András Bándi
Contributions by Regina Cermann
Contributions by Paula Cotoi
Contributions by Maria Crăciun
Contributions by Adinel Dinca
Contributions by Carmen Florea
Contributions by Niranjan Goswami
Contributions by Constantin Ittu
Contributions by Katalin Luffy
Contributions by Adrian Papahagi
Contributions by Edit Szegedi
Contributions by Kata Szűcs
Contributions by Ulrich A. Wien
Contributions by Volker Leppin
Contributions by Kathrin Chlench-Priber
Contributions by Christopher Ocker
Edited by Maria Crăciun
Edited by Volker Leppin
Edited by Katalin Luffy
Edited by Ulrich A. Wien
Associate editor Christopher B. Brown
Associate editor Günter Frank
Associate editor Barbara Mahlmann-Bauer
Associate editor Tarald Rasmussen
Associate editor Violet Soen
Associate editor Zsombor Tóth
Associate editor Günther Wassilowsky
Associate editor Siegrid Westphal

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