What is a Medieval Bestseller?
One of the most common, special objects that we have at Les Enluminures is the Book of Hours. Often, the Book of Hours is called the medieval \u201cbestseller.\u201d But what, exactly, does that mean? What determines if a book was \u201cpopular\u201d or \u201cbest-selling\u201d in the medieval world? How can we possibly know what was made most frequently in the Middle Ages? Find out answers to these questions today on the Les Enluminures Podcast.\n\xa0\nResources:\xa0\nOn the success of Latin texts in the Middle Ages\nhttp://fama.irht.cnrs.fr/en/en/more\xa0\nPascale Bourgain and Laura Light, Bestsellers, Primer 4, Les Enluminures, 2014.\nLerner, Robert E. \u201cNew Light on \u2018The Mirror of Simple Souls.\u2019\u201d Speculum 85, no. 1 (2010): 91\u2013116.