names in Argyll which bears on place-names as well and an examination of the adoption of Hebrew Old Testament names in central medieval Scotland.ĪB - Personal names can provide a rich and often overlooked window into medieval society, and Scotland's diversity of languages over the course of the Middle Ages makes it an ideal case study. Individual case studies include a comparison of naming in early medieval Scottish and Irish chronicles an authoritative taxonomy of Gaelic names drawn from twelfth and thirteenth-century charters a revolutionary new analysis of the emergence of surnames in Ireland, with implications for Scottish history a complete linguistic discussion of the masculine Germanic names in the 1296 Ragman Roll a detailed local case study of saints. This book offers a range of new methodological approaches to anthroponymy, covering Gaelic, Scandinavian and other Germanic names, as well as names drawn from the Bible, the saints, and secular literature. N2 - Personal names can provide a rich and often overlooked window into medieval society, and Scotland's diversity of languages over the course of the Middle Ages makes it an ideal case study. T1 - Personal Names and Naming Practices in Medieval Scotland
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