Duthac Wigmore and Ninian Wallace: Scottish saints and personal names in the later middle ages

Citation

Turpie T (2019) Duthac Wigmore and Ninian Wallace: Scottish saints and personal names in the later middle ages. In: Hammond M (ed.) Personal Names and Naming Practices in Medieval Scotland. Studies in Celtic History, 39. Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer, pp. 213-220. https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781783274284/personal-names-and-naming-practices-in-medieval-scotland/

Abstract
This article focuses on three lists of Scottish personal names from 1440, 1513 and 1560, to explore changing patterns in the use of male personal names in Scotland between the early fifteenth century and the Reformation. It considers whether these lists, in conjunction with a range of other contemporary sources, support or refute the devotional nationalism thesis. It also explores what naming patterns can tell us about the popularity of a particular group Scottish saints cults in the period.

Keywords
Naming Patterns; Late Medieval Scotland; Saints

People

Dr Tom Turpie

Lecturer, History