Personal Names and Naming Practices in Medieval Scotland

A landmark of scholarship on medieval Scotland. Professor Dauvit Broun, University of Glasgow.

List of contents

Introduction: The Study of Personal Names in Medieval Scotland - Matthew Hammond
Personal Names in Early Medieval Gaelic Chronicles - Nicholas Evans
Gaelic Personal Names and Name Elements in Scottish Charters, 1093-1286 - Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh
The Development of Mac Surnames in the Gaelic World - Matthew Hammond
Forflissa/ Forbflaith/ Hvarflöð - David Sellar
Masculine Given Names of German Origin in the Ragman Roll - Valeria Di Clemente
The Romance of Names: Literary Personal Names in Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Scotland - Thomas O Clancy
Old Testament Personal Names in Scotland before the Wars of Independence - John Reuben Davies
Duthac Wigmore and Mungo Ninian Wallace: Scottish Saints and Personal Names in the Later Middle Ages - Tom Turpie
Saints in Names in Late Medieval Argyll: A Preliminary Enquiry - Rachel Butter
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Matthew Hammond

Summary

A landmark of scholarship on medieval Scotland. Professor Dauvit Broun, University of Glasgow.

Product details

• Authors: Rachel Butter, John Reuben Davies, Nicholas Evans, Matthew Hammond, Matthew H. Hammond, David Sellar
• Assisted by: Matthew Hammond (Editor), Matthew H Hammond (Editor), Matthew H. Hammond (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781783274284
• ISBN: 978-1-78327-428-4
• No. of pages: 310
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 617 g
• Series: Studies in Celtic History; Studies in Celtic History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Englisch, Schottland, 1000 bis 1500 nach Christus