Bartolomeo Scala, 1430-1497, Chancellor of Florence : : The Humanist As Bureaucrat / / Alison Brown.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Brown, Alison,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1979
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1585
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (380 p.)

Though Bartolomeo Scala has long intrigued historians, he is a figure whose importance has only recently been appreciated. In Alison Brown's biography Scala emerges as a man of more ability and character than anyone has imagined him to be. We begin to understand why he was employed as chancellor for the almost unrivaled period of thirty-two years. Ms. Brown's study is not only the first extensive treatment of Scala's life but also a significant contribution to our knowledge of Italian Renaissance history and of the contrast between theory and practice in Medicean government.Originally published in 1979.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- PART ONE. Career -- CHAPTER I. Childhood and Education -- CHAPTER II. Secretary in the Medici Household -- CHAPTER III. Mediceah Chancellor of Florence -- CHAPTER IV. Scala and Lorenzo de' Medici -- CHAPTER V. Fall of the Medici and the New Republic -- PART TWO. Work -- CHAPTER VI. The Office of First Chancellor -- CHAPTER VII. From Medieval Chancery to Modern Secretariat -- PART THREE. Place in Society -- CHAPTER VIII. A Citizen Worth Knowing -- CHAPTER IX. Property and Family -- PART FOUR. Writings -- CHAPTER Χ. Apprenticeship -- CHAPTER XI. Years of Maturity -- CHAPTER XII. The Last Decade -- CHAPTER XIII. System and Eclecticism in Scala's Thought -- PART FIVE. Conclusion -- CHAPTER XIV. Scala and the State -- Select Bibliography -- Index