The Romance of Names - Couverture souple

Weekley, Ernest

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1532986467 ISBN 13 : 9781532986468

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

The Romance of Names is a classic genealogy history text by Ernest Weekley. The interpretation of personal names has always had an attraction for the learned and others, but the first attempts to classify and explain our English surnames date, so far as my knowledge goes, from 1605. In that year Verstegan published his Restitution of Decayed Intelligence, which contains chapters on both font-names and surnames, and about the same time appeared Camden's Remains Concerning Britain, in which the same subjects are treated much more fully. Both of these learned antiquaries make excellent reading, and much curious information may be gleaned from their pages, especially those of Camden, whose position as Clarencieux King-at-Arms gave him exceptional opportunities for genealogical research.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1532986467
• ISBN 13: 9781532986468
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 220
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• Personne responsable: non disponible