Medievalists.net » St. Samson http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Lives of St Samson: rewriting the ambitions of an early medieval cult http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/26/the-lives-of-st-samson-rewriting-the-ambitions-of-an-early-medieval-cult/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/26/the-lives-of-st-samson-rewriting-the-ambitions-of-an-early-medieval-cult/#comments Thu, 26 Dec 2013 20:03:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46063 In the middle of the ninth century, at the monastery of Dol in Brittany, the Life of the sixth-century saint Samson was rewritten. The rewriter evidently perceived a defi- ciency in the existing Life of St Samson, and one that many modern historians would come to share: the fact that it had very little to say about Brittany.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/26/the-lives-of-st-samson-rewriting-the-ambitions-of-an-early-medieval-cult/feed/ 0 Constructed Landscapes and Social Memory; Tales of St. Samson in Early Medieval Cornwall http://www.medievalists.net/2011/06/26/constructed-landscapes-and-social-memory-tales-of-st-samson-in-early-medieval-cornwall/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/06/26/constructed-landscapes-and-social-memory-tales-of-st-samson-in-early-medieval-cornwall/#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:06:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=22154 Constructed Landscapes and Social Memory; Tales of St. Samson in Early Medieval Cornwall Harvey, Dr. David C. (Department of Geography, University of Exeter) Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, Vol. 20:2 (2002) Abstract This article considers the historical geography of place and space within the context of medieval Britain. Through examining the geography invoked within a […]

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