Prayer Books and Piety in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Download or read book Prayer Books and Piety in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe written by Maria Craciun and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religious texts of various literary genres reveal the transforming expressions of piety from medieval times to the early modern period. Focused on prayer books and addressing a worldwide readership, this bi-lingual volume contextualizes a specific genre, devotional literature, within a broad geographical and chronological framework, bringing together local and global to define the place of the written word in lay piety, highlighting continuities between medieval/Catholic and early modern/Protesant practice.