| Title: | The role of the type of sources in historical family name studies |
| Author: | Mariann Slíz |
| Publication: | Numele și numirea. Actele Conferinței Internaționale de Onomastică. Ediția a II-a: Onomastica din spațiul public actual, p. 700 |
| ISBN: | 978-606-543-343-4 |
| Editors: | Oliviu Felecan |
| Publisher: | Editura Mega, Editura Argonaut |
| Place: | Cluj-Napoca |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Abstract: | The question of when family names emerged in Hungary is a controversial topic in Hungarian name studies. One factor usually considered in the investigations is the structure of personal names. In my paper, I demonstrate that it cannot be used as evidence because the structure of names depends not only on the period under investigation but also on the source types. For this reason, I introduce three contemporary sources of different types from the first third of the 16th century: conscriptions, collections of fiscal accounts, and deeds on estate issues. I show that the structures of names in them are distinct due to the different purposes of these documents: while one element of the names of the first group seem to be already family names, they can be considered only antecedents of family names in the third group judging only by their structure. |
| Key words: | Hungarian historical family names, methodology, sources, formal criteria |
| Language: | English |
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