Birth of Cornwall

Gone Medieval

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🗓️ 25 February 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In the fifth century, Western Europe began remaking itself in the turmoil that followed the collapse of the Roman Empire. In south-west Britain, old tribal authorities and identities reasserted themselves and a ruling elite led a vibrant and outward-looking kingdom - today’s Cornwall - with trade networks that stretched around the Atlantic coast of Europe and abroad into the Mediterranean.

In this episode of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis talks to historian John Fletcher about the early history of Cornwall, and how its unique language, culture and heritage survived even after politically merging with England in the tenth century.

This episode was edited and produced by Rob Weinberg.

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1:33.2	Welcome to this episode of God Medieval, I'm Matt Lewis. Cornwall, it's a county
1:38.3	at the southwestern end of England, right? It's great for holidays and clotted cream.
1:42.3	Well John Fletcher is wincing at me as I'm saying this because he's here to tell us why
1:46.4	there is so much more to Cornwall's medieval story than Sun, Sea and Sand as I do my best not to
1:52.3	offend Cornish sensibilities. John's book The Western Kingdom, The Birth of Cornwall,
1:57.3	charts the history of this fascinating independently minded part of these aisles.
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