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Il nome e il dove. Spazi politici, mobilità e orientamenti devozionali nell’Italia basso-medievale (Quaderni di SSMD, 9)
This volume represents the first milestone of the research conducted under the PRIN2020 project NOMINA. Personal names in Late Medieval Italy: a new interpretive key for social and political history. The collected essays delve into the late medieval onomastic landscape, evaluating continuities and discontinuities with respect to the Early Middle Ages, primarily through the lens of local identities and political loyalties. This perspective allows for a reinterpretation of several elements of change—most notably the Christianization of the onomastic repertoire, but also the use of names drawn from the natural world, the popularity of those derived from places of origin, and the influence of aristocratic naming patterns. It explores the name as an expression of belonging and social integration. Consequently, this analytical approach opens new fields within Italian research by integrating established studies on onomastic structures and quantitative approaches to name repertoires—avenues that the project will continue to explore.
Published:
2026-02-09
