The Medieval Cult of St Petroc, Volume 19The historical, political, ecclesiastical, and religious relationships between medieval Cornwall, Brittany, Wales, Ireland and England are explored here through a study of the cult of St Petroc. Evidence for the cult in each area is thoroughly surveyed, but Cornwall and Brittany, the most important 'loci' of the cult and most closely linked by language and culture, are the book's primary focus. The implications of the cult of a Celtic saint (generally an intensely local phenomenon) shared between Cornwall and Brittany are discussed, and attention is given to the highly politically-directed twelfth-century account of the furtive translation of the saint's relics to Brittany, which offers invaluable evidence for relations between Cornwall and Brittany, and also for Brittany's position in the Angevin empire of Henry II. Dr KAREN JANKULAK lectures in the Department of Welsh, University of Wales, Lampeter. She gained her Ph.D. from the Centre for Medieval Studies, Toronto, and was a post-doctoral fellow at the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. |
Contents
The Hagiographic Traditions of St Petroc | 1 |
The Cult of St Petroc in Cornwall | 41 |
The Cult of St Petroc in Brittany | 73 |
St Petroc Bodmin Priory and England | 115 |
Henry II Brittany and the Theft of St Petrocs Relics | 153 |
St Petroc his Relics and Thefts Pious and Impious | 191 |
Possessions of St Petrocs Church at Domesday | 203 |
Liturgy and Relics in other British Houses | 209 |
Lands of Roland de Dinan in the Pipe Rolls | 217 |
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Common terms and phrases
abbey abbot Alain Anglo-Saxon argued Athelstan Bartholomew bishop Bodmin Bodmin priory Bretagne Breton Brittany calendar Celtic chapel chapter Chédeville church of St commemorated Cornish churches Cornwall Côtes-d'Armor count of Mortain Coutances cult of St dedicated to St Devon Dinan Doble Domesday Domesday Book Duine Early Monasteries ecclesiastical Egloshayle England estates Everard Exeter Exon Exoniensis Finistère Geoffroy Glastonbury Grosjean Guillotel Gwenolé hagiographic Hartland Henry Henry II Henry's ibid Jacut Jones Judicaël June feast Keats-Rohan king Landévennec lands lann Lapidge liturgical Lopérec manor manumissions manuscript Martin medieval minster Miracula Monasticon noted Olson Orme Padel Padstow parish patron saint perhaps Petrockstow Preston-Jones relics relics of St reliquiarum furto Robert of Torigny Roland de Dinan Saint Petrock Saint-Méen seems St Méen St Petroc St Petroc's church St Petroc's relics suggested Tanguy tenth century theft toponymy tradition twelfth century Vies Vita Welsh Wethinoc William
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