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The Power of Protocol

By D'Avray, D. L.

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The Power of Protocol

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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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
278
Release Date:
2025-04-03
Publication Date:
2025-04-03
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1009361120
ISBN13:
9781009361125
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
420 g
Height:
151 cm
Width:
226 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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