
Early Monasteries in Cornwall
Lynette Olson(Author)
Boydell Press
Published on 6. April 1989
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-0-85115-478-7 (ISBN)
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.
Reviews / Votes
The starting point for any future work on this subject...It is quite possible that this will remain the last word on the early monastic church in Cornwall. ALBIONOlson's book becomes now the basis on which all future study of early Cornish monasticism must proceed - excellent addition to our knowledge of the early middle ages. SPECULUMVery solid, well researched, suitably cautious and thgroughly useful addition to literature on early Cornwall. * MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Woodbridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
14 s/w Abbildungen
14 b/w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
411 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85115-478-7 (9780851154787)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Lynette Olson
Content
Early monasticism and Southwest Britain - the literary evidence - the archaeological evidence; evidence of early Cornish religious communities - St Germans, St Petroc, St Neot, Domesday Book. Appendix: the name "Meneage".