The Saints of Cornwall
MIA KARTS BOOKS
Book details
- Author
- Nicholas Orme
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Category
- England
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780198207658
- ISBN-10
- 0198207654
- Vendor: Mia Karts
The Saints of Cornwall
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ISBN: 0198207654
Author: Orme, Nicholas
Condition: New
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.
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