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Author D'Avray, D. L., author.

Title The power of protocol : diplomatics and the dynamics of Papal government, c. 400 - c.1600 / D. L. d'Avray, University College London and Jesus College, Oxford
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, [2023]
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 266 pages) : illustrations
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
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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 07, 2023)
Subject Catholic Church -- History -- 16th century.
Papal documents -- Early works to 1800
Church etiquette -- Early works to 1800
Diplomatic etiquette -- Early works to 1800
Government etiquette -- Early works to 1800
Church history -- 16th century.
Church and state -- Catholic Church
Papacy
Popes -- Temporal power
SUBJECT Europe -- Religion -- 16th century
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2022062076
ISBN 9781009361149
1009361147
9781009361156
1009361155