The Lives of St Samson: rewriting the ambitions of an early medieval cult
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.
Constructed Landscapes and Social Memory; Tales of St. Samson in Early Medieval Cornwall
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…