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Personal names and naming practices in medieval Scotland (not an SNSBI meeting)

Day-conference, Saturday 15 March 2014, 0900-1730. To be held at 3 University Gardens (Celtic & Gaelic), University of Glasgow.

Program

• Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh, Gaelic names and elements in Scottish charters 1093–1286
• Thomas Clancy: Literary influences on personal naming practices in medieval Scotland
• Fiona Edmonds: Names and political alliance: the lords of Nithsdale and Galloway in the twelfth century
• John Reuben Davies: Old Testament personal names in Scotland
• Nick Evans: Personal names in medieval Gaelic chronicles
• Rachel Butter: Saints and personal names
• Guto Rhys: Pictish personal names
• Matthew Hammond: The use of surnames in the central middle ages

Round-table discussion on the future of personal name studies in Scotland. Lunch, tea/coffee, and wine will be provided.

Registration is free but required: go to this webpage to register.

Organiser: Matthew Hammond matthew.hammond@glasgow.ac.uk.