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From: "Douglas Richardson" <>
Subject: Re: Geoffrey Plantagenet's name
Date: 7 Feb 2006 11:18:29 -0800
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wrote:

> Should we continue to use nomenclature invented by Victorian, patriarchal
> snobs when we could just call someone Geoffrey, Count of Anjou (or whatever he
> was called)?
>
> Will Johnson

Excellent question, Wil..

However, the Victorians did not create the problem. Difficulties with
nomenclature have existed as long as there have been historians and
genealogists interpreting primary records.

DR

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