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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2012.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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 ... |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (145 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-124) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781443839181 1443839183 |