Cornwall, though administratively part of England, has long celebrated its cultural differences. The historic homeland of the Cornish people, as well as one of the six historical Celtic nations, Cornwall is one of Britain’s most popular tourist destinations—and one of its least understood. This compelling introductory volume traces the complexity produced by Cornwall’s unique history as a nation, region, and county all wrapped into one. Covering its evolution from independent British kingdom to culturally distinct medieval province to prominent industrial region, Cornwall is ideal reading material for anyone interested in British history, the Cornish community, and the changing field of Celtic studies.

Cornwall: A Concise History (Histories of Europe)

History

Deacon, Bernard

Europe

University of Wales Press

Cornwall, though administratively part of England, has long celebrated its cultural differences. The historic homeland of the Cornish people, as well as one of the six historical Celtic nations, Cornwall is one of Britain’s most popular tourist destinations—and one of its least understood. This compelling introductory volume traces the complexity produced by Cornwall’s unique history as a nation, region, and county all wrapped into one. Covering its evolution from independent British kingdom to culturally distinct medieval province to prominent industrial region, Cornwall is ideal reading material for anyone interested in British history, the Cornish community, and the changing field of Celtic studies.

Cornwall (University of Wales Press - Histories of Europe)

From a Cornish Study: Essays on Cornish Studies and Cornwall

CoSERG

Cornwall has a unique stock of surnames. Some of these have their origin in the Cornish language. Many are also found in other parts of the UK but are particularly common in Cornwall. A number evolved from distinct local spellings of names. Because Cornwall in the 1800s was one of Europe's major emigration regions many of its surnames are now familar in North America and Australasia.The Surnames of Cornwall is a guide to these names in Cornwall. It gives the meanings for 700 of the surnames which were the most common or the most unique to Cornwall in past times. it describes the areas in which the names originated and where they were found in the 1800s. It includes an introduction setting out the context for the study of surnames. The book provides new interpretations of many surnames and corrects some long-lasting myths. It is based on a study of the distribution of names in Cornwall since the 1400s and supported by distribution maps that are available online.

The Surnames of Cornwall

Historical Study & Educational Resources

What was life really like in the Cornwall of the Poldark saga? This book, written by a Cornish historian, examines the period from 1783 to 1820. The fictional characters of Winston Graham’s very readable books will be temporarily relegated to a place in the background. Instead, the nature of Cornwall in this period and the lives of its people move to the foreground. How did they live, work, play, worship? What did they eat? How did they travel? This was a time of staggering wealth and appalling squalor, of high days and hardship, ingenuity and invention, great power and grasping greed, righteous indignation and riotous outbursts, religious fervour and ferocious feuds, and all to a constant background noise of war and social change. It was a time when the world began to turn on its axis and Cornwall for a brief spell found itself at the forefront of new ideas and a new world.

The Real World of Poldark: Cornwall: 1783-1820

Cornish Social and Economic Research Group

Mebyon Kernow, the Party for Cornwall, campaign for a powerful Cornish Assembly that will protect and promote the Cornish identity and its Celtic language and culture. This is the first book to fully address the issue of Cornish Nationalism and the history of the political movement that has set the political agenda in Cornwall for 50 years. Mebyon Kernow has elected representatives on four of Cornwall's six district councils and on numerous town and parish councils. It has played a prominent role in the campaign to protect the territorial integrity of Cornwall. It also played a leading role in the fight to have Cornwall classified as a European region so that it could qualify for increased European funding, including Objective One.

Mebyon Kernow & Cornish Nationalism: Concise History

Tregidga, Garry

Cole, Dick

Welsh Academic Pr

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Cornwall: A Concise History (Histories of Europe)

Cornwall (University of Wales Press - Histories of Europe)

From a Cornish Study: Essays on Cornish Studies and Cornwall

The Surnames of Cornwall

The Real World of Poldark: Cornwall: 1783-1820

The Surnames of Cornwall

Mebyon Kernow & Cornish Nationalism: Concise History