Envoys and political communication in the late antique West, 411-533:
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Main Author: Gillett, Andrew ca. 20./21. Jh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2003
Series:Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought 4th ser., 55
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-319) and index
This book examines the role of envoys in the period from the establishment of the first 'barbarian kingdoms' in the West, to the eve of Justinian's wars of reconquest. It makes a significant contribution to the developing field of ancient and medieval communication
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; TABLES; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; Chapter 1 EMBASSIES AND POLITICAL COMMUNICATION IN THE POST-IMPERIAL WEST; Chapter 2 THE PROVINCIAL VIEW OF HYDATIUS; Chapter 3 THE HERO AS ENVOY: SIDONIUS APOLLINARIS' PANEGYRIC ON AVITUS; Chapter 4 THE SAINT AS ENVOY: FIFTH- AND SIXTH-CENTURY LATIN BISHOPS' LIVES; Chapter 5 CASSIODORUS AND SENARIUS; Chapter 6 NEGOTIUM AGENDUM; CONCLUSION; Appendix I CHRONOLOGY OF CONSTANTIUS, VITA GERMANI; Appendix II CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE OF EPIPHANIUS OF PAVIA.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 335 pages)
ISBN:0511064764
0511073224
0511120451
9780511064760
9780511073229
9780511120459
9780521813495

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