Medieval History
A new research has suggested that surnames, which indicated nobility and wealth in medieval times, are still richer even today.
"Moneyed" surnames, such as Darcy, Percy, Baskerville and Mandeville continue to have more cash than those with "poor" names, such as Smith, Mason and Cooper, reports the Daily Mail.
The research, which used university admissions, probate records and official information going as far back as the Domesday Book, tracked what happened to those whose surnames suggest their forebears were either aristocratic or "artisans'' from the working class.
Click here to read this article from the Times of India
Click here to see the research article, Regression to Mediocrity? Surnames and Social Mobility in England, 1200-2009, and other news articles, from Medievalists.net
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Medieval History
Your surname tells how rich you are
A new research has suggested that surnames, which indicated nobility and wealth in medieval times, are still richer even today.
"Moneyed" surnames, such as Darcy, Percy, Baskerville and Mandeville continue to have more cash than those with "poor" names, such as Smith, Mason and Cooper, reports the Daily Mail.
The research, which used university admissions, probate records and official information going as far back as the Domesday Book, tracked what happened to those whose surnames suggest their forebears were either aristocratic or "artisans'' from the working class.
Click here to read this article from the Times of India
Click here to see the research article, Regression to Mediocrity? Surnames and Social Mobility in England, 1200-2009, and other news articles, from Medievalists.net
- Wanted! Limerick Men With Viking Blood For Tests
If you ever wondered whether you are you descended from the Vikings or the Normans, now is the time to find out. A network of academics led by Dr Catherine Swift of Mary Immaculate College, and Dr Turi King of the Department of Genetics, University of...
- International Medieval Congress Begins Next Week
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Within 20 years of the Norman conquest, England was dominated by "a new class of super rich Frenchmen gorging on their success". So said an academic who has used the Domesday Book to trace the rise and rise of William the Conqueror's barons. Stephen...
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