A Short History of the Ancient Diocese of Exeter: From the Conquest to the Church Congress of 1894; With Appendix (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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It does not require the experience of well nigh a quarter of a century to justify the writer in denying that Cornwall and Devon are good for nothing but junket and the Weekly Entertainer. Vulgar and tame they may be to the world wide traveller, but in Great Britain there is no district with greater claims on the lover of romance, ecclesiastical lore and sacred associations. The utmost self denial and severity is desirable in endeavouring to identify modern names in Cornwall with those in our ancient calendars. It is most difficult to resist the fascination of the ingenious stratagems by which Borlase, as an eminent example, essays to clear up the dense mist under which the local dedications, festivals and revels are concealed.

The case of Ludgvan is one of the least monstrous and impossible. Bv far the easiest way to escape from this labyrinth of contradictions and confusions is to adopt the somewhat cruel theory that the anglo-roman clergy, after the Saxon invasion, knew no more of the early Calendars of the Cornish Churches than did the Cromwellian usurpers of the Catholic ephemerides and diptychs. Whatever is known, and indeed unknown, of the period antecedent to the Norman invasion is here but briefly touched. In the 11th century there are documents of irrefutable reputation and up to the present time it is possible to quote documentary evidences of local provincial interest without number. The difficulty has been to do full justice to all within prescribed limits.

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