Foreword
Introduction
Ancient Stones
The Mystery of the Celts
From Dumnonia to Cornubia
Anglia and Cornubia
‘We Utterly Refuse… This New English’
‘These is Much Danger in a Cornish Hugg’
‘The Large Continent of Cornwall’
‘So Many Brilliant Ornaments’
‘If You Haven’t Been to Moonta’
Re-Inventing Kernow
Whither Cornwall?
Notes and References
Index
Philip Payton is Emeritus Professor in the
University of Exeter and Professor of History at Flinders
University in Adelaide, Australia, and is the former Director of
the Institute of Cornish Studies in the University of Exeter. He
edited Cornish Studies, published annually from 1993-2013, the only
series of publications that seeks to investigate and understand the
complex nature of Cornish identity, as well as to discuss its
implications for society and governance in contemporary
Cornwall.
He has written extensively on Cornish topics, and recent books
include A.L. Rowse and Cornwall: A Paradoxical Patriot (2005),
Making Moonta: The Invention of Australia’s Little Cornwall (2007),
John Betjeman and Cornwall: ‘The Celebrated Cornish Nationalist’
(2010), and (edited with Alston Kennerley and Helen Doe), The
Maritime History of Cornwall (2014). He has recently been awarded
South Australian Historian of the Year 2017 by the History Council
of South Australia.
Philip Payton is the leader of a new generation of historians
exploring Cornwall's ambivalent position within the English state,
and questioning the view of Cornwall as 'just another English
county'. In this book he argues the case for the Cornish as a
separate Celtic people, fully deserving a history of their own, and
amply succeeds in his stated aim of bringing that history to the
widest possible audience.
*Professor Mark Stoyle, University of Southampton*
[. . .] a new edition of Cornwall: A History is very welcome
indeed. It is a key text for anyone working on the history of the
Celtic nations, peoples and languages and a very valuable addition
to the literature on modern British history.
*Professor Christopher Williams, Cardiff University*
from reviews of the 1996 edition:
Will rank among the classic books on Cornwall, if not the finest
ever published.
*Western Morning News*
Payton brilliantly brings together myth, fact, people, places,
events…gripping.
*The Times*
Awesomely researched… the essential book for anyone who loves the
county.
*The Observer*
One of the most comprehensive studies (by one of the most learned
scholars) of Cornwall and the nature of Cornish identity ever
undertaken.
*Cornwall Today*
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