Papal legates, as the most powerful representatives of the pope, wielded significant influence in establishing and upholding papal authority throughout Christendom. This book investigates how four chroniclers – Roger of Howden, Gervase of Canterbury, Roger of Wendover, and Matthew Paris – observed and interpreted such legatine adventus ceremonies in England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

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Papal legates, as the most powerful representatives of the pope, wielded significant influence in establishing and upholding papal authority throughout Christendom. This book investigates how four chroniclers – Roger of Howden, Gervase of Canterbury, Roger of Wendover, and Matthew Paris – observed and interpreted such legatine adventus ceremonies in England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

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