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Sea As The Main Connector
- The sea linked Cornwall more to Brittany and Ireland than to eastern England, with Cornish and Breton nearly mutually intelligible.
- Hannigan stresses sea routes were the primary connectors not isolators for centuries.
Distinctness Shaped By England's Rise
- Cornwall's distinctiveness crystallised as England emerged; the Anglo-Saxon designation marked it as 'not-English.'
- Hannigan argues Cornwall existed as a named entity because of the rise of an English polity.
Assimilation Without Full Integration
- Cornwall was brought under English suzerainty between the 7th and 10th centuries, with Athelstan fixing the Tamar as border.
- Despite administrative assimilation, Cornwall retained an enduring aura of separateness linked to geography.