# A book of the west. Volume 2, Cornwall

Author: Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924

Genre: Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73614

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+book+of+the+west.+Volume+2%2C+Cornwall+Baring-Gould&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

A saint or squab pie--The saints belong to five classes--I. The members of the royal Dumnonian family--II. Irish-Welsh colonists--The invasion of Brecknock--Brychan--The invasion of Cornwall and Devon--Murtogh Mac Earca--III. Irish in West Cornwall--IV. Welsh-Breton saints--V. Pure Breton importations--Ecclesiastical colonies--Llans and cells--Tribal organisation--Ecclesiastical also tribal--The sanctuary--How a tribe was recruited--Jurisdiction--What a Celtic monastery was--Rights exercised by the saints--That of ill-wishing--Missionary methods of the Celtic saints--Illand and S. Bridget--The power of the keys as the saints understood it--Reciprocal rights--The saint expected to curse th...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-book-of-the-west-volume-2-cornwall-73614/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-book-of-the-west-volume-2-cornwall-73614/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-book-of-the-west-volume-2-cornwall-73614/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-book-of-the-west-volume-2-cornwall-73614/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-book-of-the-west-volume-2-cornwall-73614/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-book-of-the-west-volume-2-cornwall-73614/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-book-of-the-west-volume-2-cornwall-73614/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-book-of-the-west-volume-2-cornwall-73614/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-book-of-the-west-volume-2-cornwall-73614/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-book-of-the-west-volume-2-cornwall-73614/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-book-of-the-west-volume-2-cornwall-73614/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-book-of-the-west-volume-2-cornwall-73614/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-book-of-the-west-volume-2-cornwall-73614/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-book-of-the-west-volume-2-cornwall-73614/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-book-of-the-west-volume-2-cornwall-73614/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-book-of-the-west-volume-2-cornwall-73614/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-book-of-the-west-volume-2-cornwall-73614/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-book-of-the-west-volume-2-cornwall-73614/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-book-of-the-west-volume-2-cornwall-73614/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-book-of-the-west-volume-2-cornwall-73614/chapters/3/index.md)