![]() | Bartolomeo Scala, 1430-1497, Chancellor of Florence: The Humanist As Bureaucrat: The Humanist As Bureaucrat Subjects: Scala Bartolomeo 1430-1497; Florence -- History -- 1421-1737; Statesmen -- Italy -- Florence -- Biography; Florence -- Biography; 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. |
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