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- Title
I molti volti della rappresentanza: Nuntii e procuratores alla curia di Innocenzo III.
- Authors
Dell'Asta, Lucia
- Abstract
The article deals with the representation of petitioners at the papal court, focusing on the pontificate of Innocent III. It makes use of juridical and narrative sources as well as of the papal correspondence, preserved in registers or only as originals. By pinpointing forms and figures of representation, the ways in which this representation itself was enacted and the features required in order to act as someone's nuntius or procurator, the essay attempts to shed light on a central issue, the alleged distinction between mere envoys and actual procuratores curiae. These, as historiography has traditionally stated, were responsible for dealing first-hand with letters for their petitioners. In particular, by analysing the endorsements in the original papal letters, we can now say that, instead of two different figures, only one person took up the petitioners' businesses: nuntii and procuratores seem to have been complete professionals, who could represent their master and oversee the processing of petitions in the curial offices as well.
- Subjects
INNOCENT III, Pope, 1160 or 61-1216; PAPAL courts; PAPAL letters; HISTORY of diplomacy; PROCURATORS (Rome); COURTS &; courtiers; THIRTEENTH century; HISTORY
- Publication
Quellen und Forschungen aus Italienischen Archiven und Bibliotheken, 2017, Vol 96, Issue 1, p191
- ISSN
0079-9068
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/qfiab-2016-0009