The ''Capitulare missorum generale'' ("General capitulary on legates") and ''Capitularia missorum specialia'' ("Special capitularies on legates"), both issued in 802, were acts of

Charlemagne Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first Em ...

whereby the role and functions of the ''

missi dominici A ''missus dominicus'' (plural ''missi dominici''), Latin for "envoy of the lord uler or ''palace inspector'', also known in Dutch as Zendgraaf (German: ''Sendgraf''), meaning "sent Graf", was an official commissioned by the Frankish king or H ...

'' ("royal legates") were defined and placed on a permanent footing, as well as specific instructions sent out to the various ''missatica'' (the ''missi'''s territories).

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* * * *{{cite book , first1=Henry Royston , last1=Loyn , first2=John , last2=Percival , title=The Reign of Charlemagne , publisher=Hodder & Stoughton Educational , location=London , year=1975

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