medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
R. A. Markus, _Gregory the Great and his World_ (Cambridge U. P.,
1997), devotes an appendix (pp. 206-09) and a map (pp. xx-xxi) to the
distribution of Gregory's correspondence. The bulk of these, not
surprisingly, are to imperially controlled areas of today's Italy: 500
(out of a total of 970 letters) to Italia suburbicaria, 70 to Ravenna,
25 to Milanese clergy in exile in Byzantine Liguria. There are also 95
to Gaul and 75 to Constantinople, plus smaller groups of 45 or fewer to
many other destinations in the empire and 5 to Britain.
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill East <[log in to unmask]>
On Wednesday, February 23, 2005, at 1:41 am, Bill East wrote,
responding to Wendy Reardon:
>
> I have always wondered how anything got done back then...they had
> to go by horse or ship, and Gregory sent a letter from Rome to
> Byzantium...it's a miracle it got there at all. They never cease
> to amaze me.
>
>
> Respondeo:
>
> I don't know about that. Horses have seldom been known to crash,
> and many ships have been known to float. I dare say they got by.
>
> Bill.
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