What's in a name or signature? The anthroponymy, autography, and communal identification of Christian communities in early Castilian Toledo and Norman Sicily

• Moreno, Aaron M. ^[1]
  1. [1] Saint Mary's University

     Saint Mary's University

     Canadá

     
• Localización: Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies, ISSN-e 1754-6567, ISSN 1754-6559, Vol. 4, Nº. 2, 2012, págs. 141-165
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article demonstrates that the language of a Christian's name or signature was not always a reliable indicator of the individual's communal identification within the multi-lingual milieux of early Castilian Toledo and Norman Sicily, lands with immigrant Latin Christian and indigenous Mozarab populations on one hand and Latin Christian, Arab-Christian, and Greek-Christian populations on the other hand. Rather, one's immigrant or indigenous origins played a much more important role in communal identification, thanks in large part to the presence in each region of intra-Christian judiciaries and non-Latinate Christian notarial traditions. The terms “anthroponymy” and “autography” are employed to describe the nature of one's name and signature, respectively.