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The history of Cornwall in the first half of the seventeenth century is both dramatic and turbulent. In Faction and Faith, Anne Duffin draws upon extensive new source material, combining national documents and local family collections with a detailed analysis of churchwardens' accounts, borough records and over 350 wills. She challenges the established view that Cornwall was naturally royalist and presents a picture of a politically-aware and religiously-splintered society.



Makes use of extensive new source material from national and local records First major publication since 1933 on Cornwall in this period Challenges the established view of Cornish society in the early seventeenth century Market: Scholars of early seventeenth century history. Academic and local libraries. Postgraduate and undergraduate students of history. All those with an interest in Cornish and Civil War history.




Faction And Faith: Politics and Religion of the Cornish Gentry before the Civil War

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    Publisher: University of Exeter Press
    Publication Date: 01/05/1996
    ISBN13: 9780859894357, 978-0859894357
    ISBN10: 0859894355

    Number of Pages: 294

    Non Fiction , History

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    The history of Cornwall in the first half of the seventeenth century is both dramatic and turbulent. In Faction and Faith, Anne Duffin draws upon extensive new source material, combining national documents and local family collections with a detailed analysis of churchwardens' accounts, borough records and over 350 wills. She challenges the established view that Cornwall was naturally royalist and presents a picture of a politically-aware and religiously-splintered society.



    Makes use of extensive new source material from national and local records First major publication since 1933 on Cornwall in this period Challenges the established view of Cornish society in the early seventeenth century Market: Scholars of early seventeenth century history. Academic and local libraries. Postgraduate and undergraduate students of history. All those with an interest in Cornish and Civil War history.




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