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The Pope's men : the papal civil service in the Renaissance /

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This study of the Papal bureaucracy, at a time when the Pope was a powerful European ruler and his officials included many brilliant humanist scholars, examines the patronage network through which the system was manipulated and the struggle for control of it among the great Italian families.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Partner, Peter
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1990.
Subjects:
Iglesia Católica > Administración > Historia
Civil service > Italy > Papal States > History.
Papal courts.
Papacy > History.
Diplomatic and consular service, Papal States > History.
Renaissance > Italy > Papal States.
Cour pontificale.
Papauté > Histoire.
Renaissance > Italie > États de l'Église.
Papas > S.XV-XVIII
Estados Pontificios > Servicio diplomático y consular > Historia
Civil service.
Diplomatic and consular service, Papal States.
Papacy.
Renaissance.
Europe > Papal States.
Ambtenaren.
Apostolische Stoel.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This study of the Papal bureaucracy, at a time when the Pope was a powerful European ruler and his officials included many brilliant humanist scholars, examines the patronage network through which the system was manipulated and the struggle for control of it among the great Italian families.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 276 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-267) and index.
ISBN:9780191678394
0191678392