1000 AD monks, priests

Refer to this image from the Bayeux Tapestry:

Originally posted by Vivek Sharma In India they were dressed in Lungis & kurtas.

Were these Christian monks that were dressed in those things?

In the Byzantine Empire it varied considerably. You had ascetic monks who would often lead lives of extreme austerity or hermitage, where they dressed only in rags or coarse and uncomfortable clothing. Typically this included a habit of thick and uncomfortable wool.

Your typical parish priest dressed very much as many do today, wearing the long black mantle, although brown or grey were not unusual colours either.

The higher clergy tended to dress in more impressive clothing, though Liutprand of Cremona remarks of one religious procession in which the entire populace of Constantinople dressed in rags. He considered this repellant, though really it reflects the Byzantine tradition of humbling oneself before the Creator. Only the Emperor, naturally enough, was dressed in finery.

Eondt,
In the Bayeaux Tapestry, the first link you so graciously provided, the person standing to the right of the throne appears to be either a priest, monk, or maybe a bishop. In your opinion, what is this person's position in the Church?    

For the Byzantine monks see this book:
Byzantine Fashions Coloring Book. Is for Children but I think is well documented.
    

Indeed. Offcourse my Latin is extremely poor at best but luckily some other folk went through the trouble of translating for me. If you want to read the whole story scene-by-scene, I recommend http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/

Edited by Eondt - 20-Oct-2006 at 07:39