Envoys and political communication in the late antique West, 411-533 /

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Author / Creator:	Gillett, Andrew.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 335 pages) : maps
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 55 Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 55.
Subject:	Diplomacy -- History -- To 1500. Diplomacy. Politics and government. Europe -- History -- 392-814. Europe -- Politics and government -- 476-1492. Europe. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11177757

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ISBN:	0511120451 9780511120459 0511064764 9780511064760 0511073224 9780511073229 9780511496318 0511496311 1280161221 9781280161223 9786610161225 6610161224 0521813492 9780521813495 1107133270 9781107133273 0511205813 9780511205811 0511308566 9780511308567 9780521096386 0521096383
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-319) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Gillett, Andrew. Envoys and political communication in the late antique West, 411-533. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 0521813492

Table of Contents:

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.

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