Category: Anthroponymy
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Yes. A potato. I know, I know, those aren’t period. But grab a nice drink and sit yourself down. This story is CUTE! Once again I am taking you to the north of my country: Friesland In 1905, a potato farmer and farming teacher in Friesland named Kornelis Lieuwes de Vries had grown a new…
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There are some great similarities between Hobbits and SCA members. No really! Most of us, if not all, started in a shire. Perhaps you started your SCA career in a household, but that household was probably part of a shire as well. Let’s take a closer look at those excellent Hobbits and some of their…
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Further to this series of posts, which you can find here, I have once again hit the Dutch medieval archives to find more gender neutral names for y’all. Today, I have found a great one!! BONNE Hear me out, no even better, have a seat! In Midwolda, Friesland in the year 1606, on the beautiful…
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We all know that Henry the VIII had six wives, but how much do you know about Holland’s very own William of Orange ? Did you know he had 4 wives? If you are interested, then I have just the thing for you because most of the correspondence by William and his 4 wives has…
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A very, very short post about a very old ritual…. Have a look here
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Just this week I was able to use my knowledge of genealogy to help a lady create an awesome persona! Please go to the Anthroponomy pages of my blog to find out more.
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Oh Traveller! Come sit! Because this… this is so important. For a long time have I wanted to share with you what I know about names. Yes, names. Simple names, difficult names, long names, short names. Just: names. In this particular case: the names of women. The book you see here is similar to a…
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