The Saints of Cornwall

By Nicholas Orme

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198207654
• ISBN13: 9780198207658
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"