The Power of Protocol

Diplomatics and the Dynamics of Papal Government, c. 400 - c.1600

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Av D. L. d'Avray, D. L. (University College London) d'Avray, D. L. D'Avray, D L D'Avray

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How did the papacy govern European religious life without a proper bureaucracy and the normal resources of a state? From late Antiquity, papal responses were in demand. The 'apostolic see' took over from Roman emperors the discourse and demeanour of a religious ruler of the Latin world. Over the centuries, it acquired governmental authority analogous to that of a secular state - except that it lacked powers of physical enforcement, a solid financial base (aside from short periods) and a bureaucracy as defined by Max Weber. Through the discipline of Applied Diplomatics, which investigates the structures and settings of documents to solve substantive historical problems, The Power of Protocol explores how such a demand for papal services was met. It is about the genesis and structure of papal documents - a key to papal history generally - from the Roman empire to after the Council of Trent in the sixteenth century, and is the only book of its kind.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-08-10
Mått159 x 235 x 21 mm
Vikt550 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor280
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009361118

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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.

'The work is equally useful and stimulating for learners as a textbook and for researchers, and thus fully meets its requirements. The consistent pursuit of a thesis sets it apart from other, more thematically oriented handbooks and offers a central thread that the reader can follow, while at the same time being encouraged to critically reconstruct the methodological steps. This makes it highly recommended for both beginners and experienced scientists.' Aaron Schwarz, Francia-Recensio