Pope Gregory's letter-bearers
Subtitle: a study of the men and women who carried letters for Pope Gregory the Great
By: by John R. C. Martyn
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
ISBN-13: 9781443838863
Subjects: Correspondence; Letter carriers; History; Popes; Church history
Description: "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].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-124) and index.