Gregorio Magno, obispo de Roma entre el 590 y el 604 se caracterizó, entre otras cosas, por su capacidad de constituir diversos textos, orientados a diferentes auditorios. En esta breve presentación analizaremos las características específicas de cada obra gregoriana, enfatizando el vínculo entre mensaje y destinatario. De este modo mostraremos la utilidad, a la hora de “hacer hablar a los documentos”, de conocer el auditorio imaginado por un autor a la hora de concebir sus discursos.
Gregory the Great, bishop of Rome between 590 and 604, was well known, among other things, by his aptitude to produce various texts orientated to different audiences. In this brief communication we will analyze the specific patterns of each of his works, remarking the link between message and receptor. Thus, we will show how important is to know the audience pictured by an author at the moment of conceiving his speeches, as well as when historians "ask the documents to speak".
