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Pope Gregory's Letter-Bearers : a Study of the Men and Women who carried letters for Pope Gregory the Great.

This book covers a very interesting and informative subject, that has never been studied by any scholar before, namely, the letter-bearers of the medieval period, who carried most of Pope Gregory's letters, which would have been carried by the Post-Office or by Email today. While serving as Pop...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Martyn, John R. C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book covers a very interesting and informative subject, that has never been studied by any scholar before, namely, the letter-bearers of the medieval period, who carried most of Pope Gregory's letters, which would have been carried by the Post-Office or by Email today. While serving as Pope from 590 to 604, Gregory sent off about 850 letters that have survived, to both clerical and secular recipients, world-wide, and we have names for 150 or so of the letter-bearers, 15 female and 125 ...
Descripción Física:1 online resource (145 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-124) and index.
ISBN:9781443839181
1443839183