tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post9172603439966223522..comments2024-03-27T00:13:45.857-07:00Comments on Tote Bags 'n' Blogs: Michelle Styles: When history becomes fictionLeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14583249444580245924noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-903123999705450482014-10-16T02:00:56.563-07:002014-10-16T02:00:56.563-07:00The use of suranmes had not started then. It mak...The use of suranmes had not started then. It makes things more complicated. Lots of people were son of. which could expressed as Ap (Welsh) Mac (Scots Gaellic) Fitz (Norman) O (another part of Ireland). Familial relations had pretty much the same sense as they do today, but some notions like the sister's son being a stronger bond is a bit different. Some of iit is just lost in time and Michelle Styleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03400990189443593076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-46961735804643823542014-10-15T14:59:15.111-07:002014-10-15T14:59:15.111-07:00I wonder if there were common names like Elizabeth...I wonder if there were common names like Elizabeth, Pamela, etc. And if the use of 'last' names had started... And then there's the assumption that family titles like sister, brother, etc. mean what they now mean in today's usage. Words are always changing and evolving both in spelling, usage, etc. Just look in a dictionary and one word will have several meanings.girlygirlhoosier52https://www.blogger.com/profile/12253919063849062372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-86434082866998921712014-10-15T04:19:17.314-07:002014-10-15T04:19:17.314-07:00Yes I agree and even then some of it is guesswork....Yes I agree and even then some of it is guesswork. Because I am actively researching the 7th century and statements were made -- such as I am an archaeologist and not a swords and sex author, I have to concern myself with the facts. So I contacted the author of the book and it turns out he had never even considered the whole question of consanguinity (blood relations marrying) but did agree Michelle Styleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03400990189443593076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-23010937283618984942014-10-15T00:57:26.968-07:002014-10-15T00:57:26.968-07:00Unless the past has been meticulously documented, ...Unless the past has been meticulously documented, personal journals included, a lot of what we believe we know is educated guesses. I do love my history wrapped up in a great story.Mary Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02201076939557413255noreply@blogger.com