![]() The Wessex dynasty represents the aristocratic family since 519 governing the kingdom Wessex in the southwest of England from 871 to 1066 – the United English Kingdom. The first Frankish state was ruled by the Merovingian dynasty, which was in the VIII century succeeded by the Carolings (in the beginning known as Pippinids) (Skrelina & Stanovaya, 2001). In science, this period of French and English history and language is known as “germanisation”. This kind of thinking is relevant for the Franks as well, who flooded Gaul following the fall of Rome and gave birth to the Frankish state, and for the Anglo-Saxons, representatives of the German tribes of the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians, who won Britain in the V-VI centuries. Among these images of great interest is the representation of a king and his power,which being one of the basic concepts of medieval political culture has its origins in the heroic epoch of Germanic tribes (Sannikov, 2009). ![]() The images of power represent a specific historical and cultural phenomenon. In historiographical tradition, which is characteristic of medieval societies,the history of a nation is portrayed, first, as the history of its political elite. The ways of analysis are useful for development of contrastive and historical linguistics, theory of linguistics,naming theory. In addition, king’s personal charisma was strengthened through a proper noun. Special emphasis is placed on the idea that the name chosen for the successor was aimed at preserving the dynastic succession and the legitimization of power. The etymology of the first Frankish and Anglo-Saxon kings’ names is given,and the review of their by names is made. The etymological, structural and semantic analysis of the first Frankish and Anglo-Saxon kings’ names and by names is used. The article examines the onomastic aspect of a medieval worldview through the analysis of naming principles for the kings of the Merovingian, the Carolingian and the Wessex dynasties. Vasileva (Associate Professor of Foreign Languages, Karelian Branch of the Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration) Slyshkin (Head of Social Sciences and Professional Communication, Moscow State University of Railway Engineering of the Emperor Nicholas II)ĭr. Ekaterina G. Vikulova (Professor of Roman Philology, Moscow City Teacher Training University)ĭr. Gennady G. Zheltukhina (Professor of Theory of English, Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University)ĭr. Larisa G. In historiographical tradition, which is characteristic of medieval societies,the history of a nation is portrayed, first, as the history of its political elite.ĭr. Detail of an historiated initial ‘S’ (sponsus) of a man placing a ring on a woman’s finger / British Library, Public Domain
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