Discount_Blade
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there is no wall of text. Thanks for responding. Thats what I planned on doing. I'll probably make a author's note explaining as much.Err, just go google the common names in that timeperiod.
Odds are that those names get carried to our time as well.
For example, my main character James is a farmboy in a medieval-ish land and they already had such name available. Alternatives are Jack, John, Jacob.
Ps. Skipped your wall of text and got sidetracked by your actual qn of landmarks, mate, even if you name it MeatWood or LardBath, it is ok. You get off your own stock.
Unless you are facing nitpickers of course, then ggwp.
Based on how you described your own work, I'm going to say its 100% okay and will probably help the audience.
Ah yes, Milan. The bread and butter of Northern Italy.Well, as I like history, I am for using historical names for those you can find, and some fictional, but contemporaneous-sounding ones for the places that had a vague past. (For authenticity)
This is historical fiction anyway, and I guess the readers would be unable to identify the 'errors' when the author himself couldn't find the exact name of the place after exhaustive research.
A good example of this is the manga that I read, 'Ad Astra: Scipio to Hannibal'.
The old name for Cartagena, Spain was used by the author, which is Carthago Nova. I really liked that story, since the narration felt authentic to me.
Alternatively, you could also use vague names and directions just to put something on the narration. Like, "That village five leagues away from Mediolanium", something like that.
My tired brain now perceives anything longer than two paragraphs is a wall, for instance @HansTrondheim 's posts I had skipped them all and went on straight to answer your qns. Then my brain kicked into "read last paragraph for conclusion" mode and saw the qn.there is no wall of text. Thanks for responding. Thats what I planned on doing. I'll probably make a author's note explaining as much.
An easy example of what I mean is, one place I plan to start the story is in what is now called Chichester, but the Roman equivalent is Noviomagus Reginorum. Personally, I don't much care about historical accuracy because its alternate/fantasy history. I'm just going to call it Chichester. If it was regular alternate history, I would try to keep it more historically accurate naming wise...but adding in the fantasy element just make me feel it's not as important anymore.
Ah yes, Milan. The bread and butter of Northern Italy.
I' m a teacher. I'm used to elaborating topics without anyone listening.My tired brain now perceives anything longer than two paragraphs is a wall, for instance @HansTrondheim 's posts I had skipped them all and went on straight to answer your qns. Then my brain kicked into "read last paragraph for conclusion" mode and saw the qn.