II.   Sovereign

Missi Dominici, or “sent of the lord” in Latin was a yearly report that each Marche (Lord) was expected to prepare and send to the supreme sovereign under the Carolingian Empire from its inception in 738 CE to its eventual collapsed at the end of the 9th Century CE. Hence, the collection of “missi dominici” represents the first “year book” of an empire in Europe since the end of the western Roman Empire.

By the reign of Charlemagne (768 – 814), specific envoys were appointed called missus regis meaning “envoy of the King” to officially visit each region, senior noble and extract key facts and prepare a report.