Cornwall, Connectivity and Identity in the Fourteenth Century Drake Samuel J.
Cornwall, Connectivity and Identity in the Fourteenth Century Drake Samuel J. Drawing on a wide range of published and archival material, this book seeks to show how Cornwall remained strikingly…
Specifikacia Cornwall, Connectivity and Identity in the Fourteenth Century Drake Samuel J.
Cornwall, Connectivity and Identity in the Fourteenth Century Drake Samuel J.
Drawing on a wide range of published and archival material, this book seeks to show how Cornwall remained strikingly distinctive while still forming part of the kingdom. At the same time, the earldom-duchy and the Crown together helped to link the county into the politics of England at large. It argues that myths, saints, government, and lordship all endowed the name and notion of Cornwall with authority in the minds of its inhabitants, forging these people into a commonalty.
With thousands of Cornishmen and women drawn east of the Tamar, connectivity with the wider realm emerges as a potent integrative