| Early Monasteries in Cornwall Contributor(s): Olson, Lynette (Author) |
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ISBN: 0851154786 ISBN-13: 9780851154787 Publisher: Boydell Press OUR PRICE: $99.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 1989 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Institutions & Organizations - Religion | History |
| Dewey: 271.009 |
| LCCN: 88008611 |
| Series: Studies in Celtic History |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.89 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first study for more than seventy years to consider the early monasteries of Cornwall through a combination of evidence -written sources (the first hagiography of Brittany and Cornwall, ecclesiastical documents, Anglo-Saxon charters, Domesday Book), place-names and material remains. The main emphasis is on identifying the sites of these monasteries, and tracing their survival to later periods; Dr Olson also considers the origin and progress ofmonasticism in south-west Britain, and looks at the monasteries' characteristics and, in a broader context, their place in Church and society. |