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

By: Publication details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, c2012Description: 1 online resource (x, 135 p.)ISBN:
  • 1443839183 (electronic bk.)
  • 9781443839181 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 270.20924
LOC classification:
  • BX1076 .M386 2012
Online resources: 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].
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-124) and index.

"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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