The saints of Cornwall / Nicholas Orme.
By: Orme, Nicholas
Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000Description: xvii, 302 p. : maps ; 24 cmISBN: 0198207654 (hard : alk. paper); 9786610445462Subject(s): Christian saints -- Cult -- England -- Cornwall (County) -- Dictionaries | Christian saints, Celtic -- England -- Cornwall (County) -- Dictionaries | Cornwall (England : County) -- Church history -- DictionariesLOC classification: BR763.C8 | O76 2000Online resources: Book review (H-Net) | Publisher description | Table of contents only Review: "The book provides a history of every known religious cult in Cornwall from the sixth century A.D. to the Reformation, with relevant information about its later history down to the present day. Every recorded site is identified (church, chapel, altar, image, holy well, or other outdoor feature), and every written source is discussed (saint's Life, liturgical commem-oration, and calendar festival)." "This is the first time that a complete inventory of cults has been produced for an area as large as an English county. The work also mentions many saints venerated in Brittany, Wales, and England, and makes copious references to all three countries."--BOOK JACKET.Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-291) and index.
"The book provides a history of every known religious cult in Cornwall from the sixth century A.D. to the Reformation, with relevant information about its later history down to the present day. Every recorded site is identified (church, chapel, altar, image, holy well, or other outdoor feature), and every written source is discussed (saint's Life, liturgical commem-oration, and calendar festival)." "This is the first time that a complete inventory of cults has been produced for an area as large as an English county. The work also mentions many saints venerated in Brittany, Wales, and England, and makes copious references to all three countries."--BOOK JACKET.
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