The Western Kingdom (eBook)

The Birth of Cornwall

John Fletcher (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022 | 1. Auflage
168 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-1-80399-137-5 (ISBN)

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In the fifth century, the Roman Empire collapsed and Western Europe began remaking itself in the turmoil that followed. In south-west Britain, old tribal authorities and identities reasserted themselves and a ruling elite led a vibrant and outward-looking kingdom with trade networks that stretched around the Atlantic coast of Europe and abroad into the Mediterranean. They and their descendants would forge their new kingdom into an identity and a culture that lasts into the modern age. The Western Kingdom is the story of Cornwall, and of how its unique language, culture and heritage survived even after politically merging with England in the tenth century. It's a tale of warfare, trade and survival - and defiance in the face of defeat.

John Fletcher has been an Early Medieval reenactor for sixteen years, with much of that being focused on recreating life in 8th-11th century Cornwall and Devon. He runs the Facebook page 'Morvleydh', and gives talks on the emergence of the Cornish state. He has a Bsc in Environmental Sciences and focussed his dissertation on how climate change impacted Early Medieval settlement on Dartmoor.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.8.2022
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: brythonic people • Cornish history • cornish state • Cornwall • cornwall origins • dark ages • devon history • Early Medieval History • history of Cornwall • history of decon • Kernow bys Vyken • medieval Cornwall • Medieval History • Morvleydh • origins of cornwall • the birth of cornwall • Wessex
• ISBN-10: 1-80399-137-2 / 1803991372
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80399-137-5 / 9781803991375