Abbesses noblewomen even simple peasant women holding their own property and voting in assemblies on their own behalf.

Female names of the middle ages. Karen Sharon Tracey SusanSuzanneSueSuzieSusie DebDebraDebbie Jenny Linda CathyKathy Vicky Wendy Julie CarolynCarolineCarol Jan Alison. Women habitually and often held positions of interest and power in the Middle Ages across Europe. Some less common names from the same period include Adelina Clarice and Gundred.

Derives from English and means beaver field or beaver stream. 5 more Alison. Looking for a baby name with a historical twist.

The famous Middle Ages Women included Joan of Arc Katherine Swynford Margery Kempe Anna Comnena Heloise Hildegard of Bingen Christine de Pizan Julian of Norwich Jane Shore Alice Perrers and Lady Godiva. Sir John Fenwick of Wallington. Names of over 200 Jewish womens names from the Middle Ages preserved in the Geniza documents PERIOD ARABIC NAMES Names lists consist of period pre-1600 AD Arabic names and name elements having been selected from names of people who lived during that time.

Female Middle Ages Names. Derives from Gaelic and means Scotland. In the Middle Ages men ruled -- except when women did.

Yes Hugeburc roughly pronounced HOO-ye-Burx with the last x sounding like the ch in loch is a womans name. In the later middle ages Mor was the most common followed by Sadb and Gormlaith Finnguala the borrowed name Siban Derbforgaill Ben Mide. William of Wykeham.

Here are a few of the medieval women who ruled -- in their own right in a few cases as regents for male relatives in other cases and sometimes by wielding power and influence through their husbands sons brothers and grandsons. Women in the Middle Ages were frequently characterized as second-class citizens by the Church and the patriarchal aristocracy. In the late Medieval period the names Elizabeth Anne Cecily and Margaret became extremely common and most other female names diminished in popularity.