William is one of the most enduring of classic names for boys. It's also among the most popular boys' names, as American parents see it as being ideally conservative yet contemporary, and hands-down the most popularbaby name beginning with Wof all time. ...
FAMILIESGENEALOGYThis paper presents the genealogy (family structure), urban family estates, and social life of the Zadar-based noble families of Butovan and Botono during the 13th and 14th centuries (until the 1390s) in order to determine their similarities and differences ...
In medieval France, roughly 1.5% of medical practitioners whose names survive were women. Of these, about 36% were midwives. Unsurprisingly, much of women’s healthcare focused on their sexual and reproductive health, reflecting the social value placed on childbearing. The 14th-century Breviarium B...
noteworthy families – was not reproducing itself in the male line. Family names died out, something that is easily visible in lists of aldermen, for example. Sylvia Thrupp calculated that medieval London merchants – surely the most favoured class...
Unknown! No names are attached to these stories. However, Andrew Breeze has argued (controversially!) that Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd (c.1100-1136) may be the author of the four stories that compose the Four Branches. She is a famous noblewoman who led a revolt and was executed after being...
I love that, a minute ago she was prepared to kill the baby but now she wants whoever finds the baby to know that she comes from a rich and noble family and should be treated with the respect and given the resources rich and noble people are accustomed to receiving. ...
female slaves. Furthermore, each Rasulid noblewoman had a eunuch administrator (zimām) who was usually appointed by a male family member and managed her household. The importance of this relationship is epitomized by the fact that Rasulid royal women were known not by their given names, but...
Elisabeth, of a noble family influential in France and Germany, wrote prose translations of French poems before she married a German count in 1412. they had three children before Elisabeth was widowed, serving as head of government until her son was of age, and she was married again from 143...
This crime was punished viciously, especially if the kidnapped victim was part of royalty or a noble family. In this case, the criminal would be tortured heavily and executed in public. The majority of kingdoms imposed heavy penalties on kidnappers. ...
In many cases, a boy from a noble family would go on to serve a higher lord as the cup-bearer. The girls of noble families learned domestic skills from learned tutors at home. They would also learn various arts such as playing music and singing. Children in towns and cities often moved...