Power of Protocol - Diplomatics and the Dynamics of Papal Government, C. 400 - C.1600

"How did the papacy govern European religious life without a proper bureaucracy and the normal resources of a state? The Power of Protocol explores how the demand for papal services was met and examines the genesis and structure of papal documents from the Roman empire to after the Council of Trent in the sixteenth century"--

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. The history of papal diplomatic; 3. Papal documents, c. 400 - c. 1150; 4. The religious governance of the Latin world, 1150-1378; 5. From schism to counter reformation, c. 1450-c.1600; 6. Retrospective: some long-term continuities; Reproductions.

About the author

D. L. d'Avray is Professor Emeritus of History at University College London and a Supernumerary Fellow of Jesus College Oxford. He has published widely on medieval preaching, death and kingship, marriage, rationalities, and the papacy. He has published ten books, the last six with Cambridge, including most recently Papal Jurisprudence, 385–1234: Social Origins and Medieval Reception of Canon Law (2022). He has been a Fellow of the British Academy since 2005 and Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America since 2016.

Summary

How did the papacy govern European religious life without a proper bureaucracy and the normal resources of a state? The Power of Protocol explores how the demand for papal services was met and examines the genesis and structure of papal documents from the Roman empire to after the Council of Trent in the sixteenth century.

Product details

• Authors: D L D'Avray, D. L. d'Avray, D. L. (University College London) d'Avray, D. L. (University College London) D''avray
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9781009361118
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0936111-8
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Europe, Religion / Christian Church / General, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Vatican, Politics & government, Politics and government, Christian institutions & organizations, Aspects of religion, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Religious institutions and organizations, Aspects Of Religion (Non-Christian)