The Ceremonial Reception of Medieval Papal Legates
Kriston R. Rennie
This article examines the ceremonial reception of papal legates in early Middle Ages. It offers a precise, distinctive and normative portrait their ritualised practice well before existence written canonical rules procedures. The customs, principles, gestures symbols conditioning legatine activities this historical era became necessary pre-conditions to political communication, interaction exchange. Their expression representation, it is argued, help explain manifestation Roman authority distant Christian provinces, its varied meaning contemporaries formative governance diplomacy.
The Journal of Ecclesiastical History