Pope Gregory's letter-bearers : a study of the men and women who carried letters for Pope Gregory the Great /
"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 of...
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Pub.,
c2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | https://biblioteca.ues.edu.sv/acceso/elibro/?url=https%3A%2F%2Felibro.net%2Fereader%2Fbiblioues/146663 Ver en el OPAC |
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| Sumario: | "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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| Descripción Física: | x, 135 p. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-124) and index. |