If you have a tiny bit of Latin in your naming toolbelt, you can see how Mortimer seems like it has to do with the dead sea: Mort=death and mer=sea. But is this the whole story?? Why on earth would that be a person's name? Why is Mortimer both a last name and a first name? And why are so many pop culture jerks named Mortime?
We will attempt to answer all of these questions as we take the winding path of Mortimer from swamp to screen.


Sources:


Books:
de Beaurepaire, F., & de Beaurepaire, F. (1979). Les noms des communes et anciennes paroisses de la Seine-Maritime. A. et J. Picard.

Mortimer, I. (2013). The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, Ruler of England: 1327--1330. Thomas Dunne Books.

Thierry, A. (2014). History of the Conquest of England by the Normans: All Volumes. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.


Websites:
www.nameberry.com
www.ancestry.com
www.ssa.gov
www.mortimerhistory.com
https://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=3499
https://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/plantagenet_50.html
https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1279730/rick-and-morty-creators-justin-roiland-dan-harmon-adult-swim-channel-4

Articles:
https://www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2019/09/the-true-history-of-rollo-the-viking-from-whom-all-current-european-monarchs-descend/

https://www.loc.gov/wiseguide/jan07/mouse.html

Keefe, P. (2017). The Family That Built an Empire of Pain. The New Yorker. Published. https://www.newyorker.com

Zelizer, J. (2018). America’s Long History of Anti-Semitism. The Atlantic. Published.



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