"Nomen est omen": A Roundtable on Names and Nicknames in the Middle Ages

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Dept. of English Studies, Durham Univ.

Organizer Name

Elizabeth Archibald; Elizabeth P. Archibald

Organizer Affiliation

Durham Univ.; Univ. of Pittsburgh

Presider Name

Elizabeth P. Archibald

Paper Title 1

Discussant

Presenter 1 Name

Beth Williamson

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Bristol

Paper Title 2

Discussant

Presenter 2 Name

Kathleen M. Ashley

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Southern Maine

Paper Title 3

Discussant

Presenter 3 Name

Damian Fleming

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Indiana Univ.-Fort Wayne

Paper Title 4

Discussant

Presenter 4 Name

Chelsea Shields-Más

Presenter 4 Affiliation

SUNY College-Old Westbury

Start Date

10-5-2019 10:00 AM

Session Location

Fetzer 1005

Description

Among the topics to be discussed in this Round Table are the relation between the bearers of saints’ names and their patron saints; the impact of the Norman Conquest on Anglo-Saxon personal names; the use of nicknames at Charlemagne's court; Jesus's English names; naming of relics and signatures on paintings. Elizabeth Archibald