Original scientific paper
»HAND AND EYE OF OUR LORD THE POPE« – PAPAL LEGATES IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY
Ivan MAJNARIĆ
Abstract
In this paper, author presents, in Croatian historiography, neglected question regarding development of one type of papal representatives, i. e. papal legates. In the first part specialattention is given to the modern historiography – almost exclusively non-Croatian with names such as Robert C. Figueira, Richard A. Schmutz, Clifford I. Kyer, J. W. Perrin, Ina Friedländer, K. Ruess etc. – on the papal legates. The second part discusses the various types of legates during the second half of the twelfth century, and makes some remarks on thirteen-century decretalist’s classification of these types of legates into three recognizable classes. After that author identifi es the connection between the pope and his legate and gives some information about implementation of legation. Finally, the last part, based on sources and one historiography example, gives analysis of several legations on Eastern Adriatic coast, that are typical for development of legation in the second part of the twelfth century and first part of thirteenth century.
Keywords
Ecclesiastic history; the second part of the twelfth century; historiography; papal legates; the pope; classification of papal legates; sources; Eastern Adriatic coast
Hrčak ID:
9511
URI
Publication date:
7.6.2006.
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