The Taymouth Hours: Stories and the Construction of Self in Late Medieval England

‘Excellent book.’ Julian Luxford, Times Literary Supplement, October 19,2012

‘This study of a single manuscript contributes a great deal, in form as well as in content, to our understanding of ways in which late medieval devotional trends could be incarnated in objects that were, in so many ways, physical embodiments of spiritual actions.’

Anne Rudolff Stanton, The Medieval Review; April 2013

‘The Taymouth Hours is a formidable work of scholarship… Smith presents the riches of the Taymouth hours against the background of late medieval English culture and the educated and devotional interest of a royal woman of the period.’ Margaret M. Manion, Studies in Iconography vol 35:2014

‘As enjoyable as it is erudite, this is a book that invites and repays through reading…. Smith offers a wide ranging dissuasion of contemporary politics, religion, literature, and art.’

S. Panayotova, The English Historical Review 27 November 2014

‘Marvelous analyses of the book’s multilayered imagery… No one scholar could plumb all the mysteries of the Taymouth Hours imagery, but Smith is a persuasive guide to the many ways that it provided open-ended fodder for fourteenth century Christian devotion – and for contemporary interpretation.’

Adam Cohen, Common Knowledge vol 21:01:2015

‘As enjoyable as it is erudite, this is a book that invites and repays thorough reading.’

S. Panayotova, English Historical Review, vol 129: December 2014