Pope's men, the: the papal civil service in the renaissance
Auteur :
Partner, Peter
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198219958
Date de publication :
4 oct. 1990
Dimensions :
21,9 x 14,7 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
482 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Based on extensive research in Italian archives this study explores the papal bureaucracy at a time when the Pope was among the most powerful European rulers. The men who ran the Papacy then were an important and talented group who included luminaries of humanist literature and scholarship, distinguished church leaders, and influential statesmen.