medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture in the English context you would address a priest as 'Sir' as 'Sir Peter' or Sir John' just as you would a knight, and indicates the (at least theoretical) equivalence of status. You would probably address a bishop as 'My lord'. Dr Pat Cullum BA (Hons) DPhil FRHistS, FHEA School Co-ordinator for Student Experience School of Music, Humanities and Media University of Huddersfield HUDDERSFIELD HD1 3DH West Yorkshire UK Tel: + 44 (0)1484 472315 Fax: + 44 (0) 1484 472655 Email: [log in to unmask] www.hud.ac.uk/mh<https://mail.hud.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=91e1cf96f50c432090a14ef6e0d86afc&URL=https%3a%2f%2fmail.hud.ac.uk%2fexchweb%2fbin%2fredir.asp%3fURL%3dhttp%3a%2f%2fwww.hud.ac.uk%2fmh>m/history/ ________________________________ From: "Cormack, Margaret Jean" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: addressing priests medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Greetings all, How were priests addressed in the Middle Ages? I believe the Icelandic 'sera' comes from English (sira?) but today this is associate with knights, not priests. The best I could come up with was 'the Reverend' which is a bit clumsy, but may have to work. 'Father', it was pointed out to me, is 19th century. Any suggetions? All the best, Meg ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 12:33:36 -0500 From: Kurt Sherry <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: addressing priests medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I would think that finding the manner of address would have to appear in literary sources because you'd need samples of dialogue. What I have noticed is that when a priest is referred to in third person, he's usually referred to as "the priest So-and-so" or "Such-and-such the priest." My impression from the Byzantine sources (and I can't think of anything specific off the top of my head aside from the Desert Fathers) is that the direct address would be "Father;" for a bishop it is, "Master." On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 11:45 AM Cormack, Margaret Jean <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > Greetings all, > How were priests addressed in the Middle Ages? I believe the Icelandic > 'sera' comes from English (sira?) but today this is associate with knights, > not priests. The best I could come up with was 'the Reverend' which is a > bit clumsy, but may have to work. 'Father', it was pointed out to me, is > 19th century. Any suggetions? > All the best, > Meg > ********************************************************************** To > join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: > [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: > unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to > report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] For further information, visit > our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion ********************************************************************** University of Huddersfield inspiring global professionals. [http://marketing.hud.ac.uk/_HOSTED/EmailSig2014/EmailSigFooterMarch2019.jpg] This transmission is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you receive it in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and remove it from your system. If the content of this e-mail does not relate to the business of the University of Huddersfield, then we do not endorse it and will accept no liability. ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion