creators_name: Plant, John S
editors_name: Hough, Carole
type: journalp
datestamp: 2008-03-29 01:38:58
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:05
metadata_visibility: show
title: The Tardy Adoption of the Plantagenet Surname
ispublished: pub
subjects: ling-sem
subjects: phil-metaphys
subjects: hist-ling
full_text_status: public
keywords: Surnames
Onomastics
Plantagenet
Vegetable soul
abstract: Accounts of the origins of Plantagenet have ignored a tradition of similar names, some of which had a bawdy insinuation. There could have been a mischievous interpretation of Plantagenet, building its currency amongst neighbouring commoners whilst delaying its acceptance for official royal purposes. This and other developments such as the spread of contemporary scholastic teachings can explain the slow but eventual adoption of the Plantagenet nickname as a hereditary royal surname despite the scarcity of its early mentions. 
date: 2007
date_type: published
publication: Nomina: Journal of the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland
volume: 30
publisher: Biddles Ltd, King's Lynn, Norfolk
pagerange: 57-84
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Plant, Dr John S  (2007) The Tardy Adoption of the Plantagenet Surname.  [Journal (Paginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/5986/1/Nomina30.pdf