Topographical Writers In SouthWest England (Exeter Studies in History),Used

Topographical Writers In SouthWest England (Exeter Studies in History),Used

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A collection of original essays by distinguished historians on the works of topographical writers who described and recorded the landscape of SouthWest England in the period c. 15401900.The development, subject matter and contribution to knowledge of a range of key authors is examined. For example, John Leland's classic descriptions of SouthWest England will be assessed and the works of local writers in the Tudor and Stuart era who followed an developed his approach to the description of people and places is examined. Amongst these, Richard Carew of Anthony produced perhaps the finest of any of the descriptions of an English region in his study of Cornwall, published in 1602. The authors follow the writings of Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset topographers who contributed to the genre over more than three centuries.The book also includes a gazetter of collections in Devon and Cornwall where copies of the works of local topographical writers can be found.

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