02366cam a2200505Ma 4500 ocn820123384 OCoLC 20200709055724.0 m d cr |n| 121202s2012 enk ob 001 0 eng d YDXCP YDXCP OCLCO E7B N$T 1443839183 (electronic bk.) 9781443839181 (electronic bk.) 1443838861 9781443838863 (OCoLC)820123384 524425 (N$T) BX1076 .M386 2012 REL 108020 bisacsh REL 015000 bisacsh 270.20924 N$TA Martyn, John R. C. Pope Gregory's letter-bearers [electronic resource] : a study of the men and women who carried letters for Pope Gregory the Great / by John R. C. Martyn. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, c2012 1 online resource (x, 135 p.) Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-124) and index. "With the Lombards invading Italy, and Slavs invading Illyria, and very active slave-dealers at work, the number of men and women who reached Rome and carried a papal letter, to sort out a legal or personal problem at home, is quite surprsing, considering the slowness and the very real dangers of often long journeys in boats or on horseback. ... [T]hey came from all over the civilized world, many briefly appearing on the stage, their mission quite often not reported later on."--Cover, p. [4]. Description based on print version record. Gregory I, Pope, ca. 540-604. Registrum epistularum. Church history Middle Ages, 600-1500. Popes Correspondence History. RELIGION / Christian Church / History bisacsh RELIGION / Christianity / History bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: 1443838861 9781443838863 http://site.ebrary.com/id/10632888 ebrary EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=524425 YBP Library Services YANK 9936675 ebrary EBRY ebr10632888 EBSCOhost EBSC 524425 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 52460 52460