The pontificate of Pope Gregory I, 590-604 /

Church. Although he

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McClure, Sammy Mack
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1998.
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Summary:Church. Although he
civil matters He was an exacting administrator who
commands to the papal agents show an unswerving desire
committed to the preservation of Rome and the Roman
decisions and infer much of his philosophy. This
did not want. Despite his infirmities Gregory has been
given much of the historical credit for saving both
Gregorfs pontificate came during perhaps the darkest
Gregory seemed ill-equipped for any position of
health and a sense of despair from assuming a title he
imperial policy he acknowledged that the emperor
including over 800 letters. From these letters it is
Italy, the Lombards; and his interaction with the
leadership, as he suffered from both chronic poor
left a fairly extensive written record for his time,
living in Constantinople had ultimate authority over
Lombards or corrupt Church officials. Although this
of Gregory it suggests that Gregory was indeed worthy
of the title "The Great.''
papal agents he assigned to various sections of the
papal estates against the depredations of either the
papal estates. The letters he wrote to respond to
peninsula was wracked by wad-area famine, and disease.
period in Roman history, as the entire Italian
pontificate, his relationship with the leadership in
Pope Gregory 1, otherwise known as Gregory the Great.
possible to reconstruct many of his administrative
relationship with the barbarian force that had invaded
required his agents to provide ample documentation of
sometimes operated somewhat independently from
the imperial capital of Constantinople', his
the Roman Church and the city of Rome itself Gregory
their activities on behalf of the papal estates. His
these three issues show a man who was fiercely
thesis looks at three issues Gregory faced during his
thesis provides only a foundation for further analysis
This thesis is an analysis of the administration of aphics.
to help the poor and protect the population of the
Item Description:"Major subject: History".
Vita.
Physical Description:v, 75 leaves ; 28 cm.
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Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.