Early Monasteries in Cornwall Early Monasteries in Cornwall Early Monasteries in Cornwall

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 of monasticism in south-west Britain and looks at the monasteries' characteristics and in a broader context their place in Church and society.