L’anima medievale nei nomi contemporanei

by Enzo Caffarelli

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Extent: 350 pages

Publisher: Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki

Subjects: Italian Studies, Language & Linguistics

Series: Biblioteca dell'Archivum Romanicum. Serie I: Storia, Letteratura, Paleografia

Series volume number: 542

Language: Italian

Paperback (Published)

(December 2024)

ISBN: 9788822269294

6.65 x 9.41 inches

Price: $50.00

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How conscious is the choice to name one’s children Ginevra or Leonardo in Italy in the 2000s? How effective is the name “Chichibio” on a restaurant sign? And again, how far-reaching is the cultural-historical legacy of a provincial town that resurrects its medieval place name? To a scholar’s watchful eye, certain present-day names seem to evoke a past that simply never existed; yet, our present appears immersed in that enigmatic and polychromatic universe called the “Middle Ages.” Amidst reconstructions and inconsistencies, this volume offers a guide to navigate the fascinating world of Italian onomastics, in search of the most intimate essence of contemporary names.

  • By (author) Enzo Caffarelli