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Sunday, June 26, 2011

Question from Alia - Forms of address with no title

In the Tudor period, how would you address a man or woman without a title but still respected? For a woman, could you only use 'mistress', or 'madam' too?
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 27, 2011 8:05 AM

    I understood it to be 'Goodwife' for a respectable woman

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  2. AnonymousJune 27, 2011 12:34 PM

    Wasn't Goodwife or Goody more of a puritan title? Was it used in Tudor England? I really don't know for certain.

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  3. Marilyn RJune 27, 2011 1:15 PM

    You might find this useful:

    http://elizabethan.org/compendium/37.html.

    (Life in Elizabethan England 37: Forms of Address for Non-Nobles)

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