Surnames

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 458.

Restoration culture

English culture of the Restoration period. Coffee Houses, Theatres. Restoration Comedy and Drama. The beginning of sciences: Isaac Newton, John Locke. Literature: John Dryden, W. D'Avenant, W. Wycherly, J. Vanbrugh. The development of theatre. Architecture: Classicism with the elements of Baroque - C. Wren, J. Vanbrugh. Music: H. Purcell.

Questions

1. What is the Augustan age?

2. What new ideas were developing during the period?

4. Give the names of the Coffee Houses of that time.

5. What organization was King Charles II the president?

6. Tell about the contribution of I. Newton and J. Locke into science.

7. What was new in comedy and drama of the period?

8. Characterize prose and poetry.

9. Describe the architectural style.

9. What was the most popular kind of music?

In Britain surnames, also called last names or family names, pass from fathers or mothers to their children. A double-barrelled surname (Johnson-Brown) used to suggest an upper-class background. In fact people rarely change their surname except after marriage, and many people are able to research their family history over many centuries. Sometimes the names reflected the place where the family lived (Ford, Hill, Wood). Other surnames refer to the original occupation or trade of the family (Baker, Miller, Smith). Sometimes surname began as a nickname (Black, Brown, Blake). Others were taken from personal names (Andrews, Martin), and sometimes based on French names that came to Britain during the Norman Conquest (Sinclair from the French “Saint-Clair”).

Many Scottish names begin with Mc- or Mac-, meaning “son of” (McDonald). Irish surnames often begin with O', meaning “descended from” (O'Brien). Common Welsh surnames include Evans, Morgan, Price, Rees and Williams.