Pope Gregory's letter-bearers a study of the men and women who carried letters for pope Gregory the Great
"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...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Newcastle upon Tyne
Cambridge Scholars Publ.
2012
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| Schlagworte: |
Gregory
> Correspondence
> Letter carriers
> History
> Church history
> Popes
> Gregor
> Brief
> Gesandter
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "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] |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | X, 135 S. cm |
| ISBN: | 1443838861 1-4438-3886-1 9781443838863 978-1-4438-3886-3 |