TY  - BOOK
AU  - Martyn,John R.C.
TI  - Pope Gregory's letter-bearers: a study of the men and women who carried letters for Pope Gregory the Great 
SN  - 1443839183 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BX1076 .M386 2012
U1  - 270.20924 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Newcastle upon Tyne
PB  - Cambridge Scholars
KW  - Gregory
KW  - Church history
KW  - Middle Ages, 600-1500
KW  - Popes
KW  - Correspondence
KW  - History
KW  - RELIGION / Christian Church / History
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION / Christianity / History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-124) and index
N2  - "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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