Introduction: ‘Getting Somewhere’ with the First Life of St Samson of Dol
Lynette Olson
The First Life of St Samson Dol is a very important source for the earliest history Brittany, Cornwall, and Wales. It has geographical breadth. According to Life, travelled. takes us various parts south Wales, Ireland back, across Brittany beyond, visiting Merovingian court, mouth River Seine, Channel Islands. author also travelled, having been in Cornwall according several first-person statements, as well Brittany. Travel back from Continent at an intermediate stage indicated by what says about written encountered which much more below. chronological depth, relating three temporal layers: time saintly subject, source, Life. Wales not served textual sources. Yet this period that saw establishment Church spread monastic movement these regions. most promising additional meaningful evidence processes. especially informative itself valuable cultural product testimony links between