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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784081903321

Autore

Wilson Stephen <1941, >

Titolo

The means of naming : a social and cultural history of personal naming in Western Europe / / Stephen Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Bristol, Pa. : , : UCL Press, , 1998

ISBN

1-135-36835-X

1-138-16234-5

1-280-05022-5

1-135-36836-8

0-203-21449-8

1-85728-245-0

9786610050222

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 p.)

Disciplina

929.4094

929.97

Soggetti

Names, Personal - France - History

Names, Personal (Roman law)

Names, Personal - Italy - History

Names, Personal - Great Britain - History

Names, personal Europe, Western History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 354-385) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Ancient Rome; The name system: individual and family; The tria nomina; Praenomina; Gentilicia; Cognomina; Women's names; Transmission of names; Name and status; Imperial names and titles; Slave names; Freedmen; Children of mixed marriages; Roman expansion; Soldiers' names; Romanization; Late Roman names; Status, ancestry and polyonomy; Supernomina; Names of Christians; The Middle Ages; Germanic names; The Germanic name system:; The Franks; The Anglo-Saxons; Leading names and kinship structure; Christian names; The names of the clergy; The reasons why

Name fashions and name stockSecond names: I; Types of second



name:; Second names from first names; Second names from places; Second names from occupations; Second names: II; The standardization of second names; Second names in context; The second name and the family; Women and names; Titles; Modern times; First names 1500  1900: I; Names and religion:; Protestantism; Other perennial styles; Politics and fashion; First names 1500  1900: II; Transmission; Usage; Family names, titles and nicknames; Titles; Noble names and titles; Nicknames; America; Second names, titles and nicknames

Black namesEurope in the twentieth century; Britain; Italy; Conclusion; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; Preface; Ancient Rome; The name system: individual and family; Name and status; Roman expansion; Late Roman names; The Middle Ages; Germanic names; Christian names; Second names: I; Second names: II; Modern times; First names 1500  1900: I; First names 1500  1900: II; Family names, titles and nicknames; America; Europe in the twentieth century; Conclusion; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.