CHAPTER | | PAGE | I. | Coincidence and Resemblance Often misleading. The Eucharist. Christian Passover a development of the Jewish and its origin to be sought in primitive Israel. Ancillary Christian Festivals. Direct and Collateral descent. St. Patrick’s fire. | 1 | | | | II. | The Celts Prehistoric Remains in Cornwall. Ligurians, Iberians, and Celts. No trace of Phoenicians. Celtic worship. The Druids. Fetich worship. Cornish crosses. | 18 | | | | III. | Cornwall and Brittany Dumnonian Exodus. Breton nobles in the Conqueror’s army. Tristan and Iseult. Henry the Eighth’s subsidy roll. Mystery and Morality Plays. | 37 | | | | IV. | The Celtic Christianity of Cornwall Language. Isolation of Cornwall. Monasticism. Church Dedications. Easter and Tonsure controversies. | 50 | | | | V. | The Monastery-Bishoprics of Cornwall Celtic Monasticism sui generis. Episcopacy. Gildas, Kenstec, and Plegmund. Athelstan. Bodmin Gospels. Lyfing. Leofric. See of Exeter. | 58 | | | | VI. | Evolution of the Diocesan Bishopric Episcopal manors in Domesday Book—their sources and their value. Three important holdings—Pawton, St. Germans, and Gerrans. Independent of each other. All of them sees of Celtic bishops. Kerrier and Penwith. | 70 | | | | VII. | Cornish Saints Not topological or eponymous. St. Ia, St. Dennis, St. Allen, St. Paul, and St. Buryan. Lives of the Saints. Religion of the Cornish. | 90 | | | | VIII. | Ancient Religious Houses Celtic or English? Monasticon and Domesday Book examined. Conversion of Celtic monasteries to Norman establishments. St. Kew. Summary of results. | 104 | | | | IX. | Cornish Hermits St. Guron. The Three Brothers. St. Neot. Ogrin. Andrew Paugan. SS. Philip and Robert. Roger Godman. Cecilia and Lucy Moys. The Hermit of St. Teath. Margaret of Bodmin. Roche Rock. | 122 | | | | X. | St. Michael’s Mount Ictis. Dinsul. Mons Tumba. Cult of St. Michael. Pre-Norman origin of the monastery. Examination of Charters and Domesday extracts. Identification of St. Michael’s lands. The Meneage. William of Worcester. | 141 | | | | APPENDICES | | | | A. | Extract from Vita Samsonis | 169 | | | | B. | Edward the Confessor’s Charter | 172 | | | | C. | The Count of Mortain’s Charter | 173 | | | | D. | Erection of St. Michael’s Priory by Abbot Bernard | 175 | |
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