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The saints of Cornwall / Nicholas Orme.
Van Pelt - Yarnall Collection BX4659.G7 O76 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Orme, Nicholas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian saints--England--Cornwall (County)--Biography.
- Christian saints.
- England--Cornwall (County).
- Cornwall (England : County)--Church history.
- Cornwall (England : County).
- Cornwall (England : County)--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 302 pages, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- Cornwall is famous for its saintly place-names: St Austell, St Germans, St Ives, and St Michael's Mount. This book explains why the Cornish honoured so many saints--some famous, some obscure--and how studying saints uncovers the history of the county in medieval times. It provides an account of every saint who was venerated in Cornwall up to the Reformation--the first time this has ever been done for an English county. Every relevant church, chapel, altar, image, and holy well is listed, together with every relevant writing, folk-story and festival, from the earliest times to the present day.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0198207654
- OCLC:
- 42365971
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