Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Abbreviations viii
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I Communicating and Perceiving Legatine Expressions
7. 1 The Papal Legatus a Latere: An Everchanging, Contradictory Figure 17
8. 2 Expressing Papal and Legatine Authority: Insignia and Adventus 38
9. 3 Instructing a Proper Welcome: Normative Guides to the Adventus 72
10. Part II Narrating Legatine Adventus Ceremonies
11. 4 Dependent on the King: Roger of Howden and the Legatine Adventus 107
12. 5 The Road of St Thomas: Gervase of Canterbury and Local Adaptation 132
13. 6 Treason and Slavery: Roger of Wendover and the Plight of England 162
14. 7 Choosing Submission: Matthew Paris and the Foolishness of the English 187
15. Conclusion 215
16. Appendix 1 225
17. Appendix 2 228
18. Bibliography 231
19. Index 259