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ArchivesRe: Was the nickname Kit used in elizabethan times(1558-1603) as a nickname for Katherine???
in reply to a message by lorelei
One mostly sees Kate as a nick for Katharine; Kit for Christopher and therefore a masculine nick. However, it's a small and playful step from Kate to Kit(ty).
There's a lovely children's book by Geoffrey Trease, called Cue for Treason, in which Shakespeare is one of the characters! Another is a girl who for excellent reasons runs away from home disguised as a boy and becomes an actor specialising in female roles ... she is a Katharine who calls herself Kit while on the run. But how authentic that is, I can't say.
There's a lovely children's book by Geoffrey Trease, called Cue for Treason, in which Shakespeare is one of the characters! Another is a girl who for excellent reasons runs away from home disguised as a boy and becomes an actor specialising in female roles ... she is a Katharine who calls herself Kit while on the run. But how authentic that is, I can't say.
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