SNSBI 2001 York meeting (The King’s Manor, University of York, November 24)

Personal names in medieval England

Personal names in medieval England: philology, family, identity was organised by Matthew Townend (University of York).

• Peter Kitson: How Anglo-Saxon personal names work (Nomina 25, 91-131)
• David Parsons: Anna, Dot, Thorir … counting Domesday personal names (Nomina 25, 29–52)
• David Postles: “Gender trouble” (Judith Butler) – describing English women in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
• Peter McClure: Middle English -kin and -cok – their origins, meanings, and applications (Nomina 26, 93–117)
• George Redmonds: First-name popularity 1350–1650 – spiritual affinity and the role of the god-parent