Pope Gregory's letter-bearers : a study of the men and women who carried letters for Pope Gregory the Great / by John R. C. Martyn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martyn, John R. C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604--Correspondence.

Gregory.

Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Church history.

Popes--Correspondence--History.

Popes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"With the Lombards invading Italy, and Slavs invading Illyria, and very active slave-dealers at work, the number of men and women who reached Rome and carried a papal letter, to sort out a legal or personal problem at home, is quite surprsing, considering the slowness and the very real dangers of often long journeys in boats or on horseback. ... [T]hey came from all over the civilized world, many briefly appearing on the stage, their mission quite often not reported later on."--Cover, p. [4].

Contents:

CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; SUMMARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF PROPER NAMES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-124) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4438-3918-3

OCLC:

820123384