The Foundations of Medieval Papal Legation

Kriston R. Rennie examines the origins and development of medieval papal representation by exploring the legate's wider historical, legal, diplomatic, and administrative impact on medieval European law and society. This critical study is key to understanding the growth and power of the medieval Church and papacy in the early Middle Ages.

Historians of the church and political historians interested in the rise of abstract coronal powers will be grateful for the detailed examination of the sources provided in this dense work. Medievalists with a special interest in the papacy, those who are captivated by the genius of Max Weber, or those who have a special shelf in their library for dog-eared treatises of a political-theoretical, juridical, canonistic, or legal-historical nature, will certainly wish to obtain a copy of this work. (Michael Edward Moore, Early Medieval Europe, Vol. 26 (1), 2018)

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Kriston R. Rennie is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at The University of Queensland, Australia. His research specializes in church councils, canon law, and the history of papal legation. He is the author of The Collectio Burdegalensis: A Study and Register of an Eleventh-Century Canon Law Collection (PIMS, 2013) and Law and Practice in the Age of Reform: The Legatine Work of Hugh of Die (10731106) (Brepols, 2010), in addition to numerous articles and book reviews.

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1. The Concept of Legation 2. Theories of Legation 3. Early Categories and Uses 4. Towards Standardization 5. On Becoming Legate 6. The Right of Legation 7. Legates and Councils 8. The Growth of Legation 9. A New Era