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Nicholas Orme
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The Saints of Cornwall |
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English |
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Hardcover |
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320 |
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2000-03-09 |
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0198207654 |
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Oxford University Press, USA |
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1.39 pounds |
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6.06 x 0.75 x 9.06 inches |
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Product Description
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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http://bookmooch.com/0198207654 |
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