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Drawing on extensive research in Italian archives, this is a study of the papal bureaucracy during the Renaissance, a time when the Pope was among the most powerful of European rulers. Partner sets the ruling elite of the Renaissance Papacy in its social and political context, and analyzes its composition and manners of operation. A perceptive analysis of the influential men who ran the Renaissance Papacy, The Pope's Men is a valuable contribution to the study of Renaissance Europe and the history of the Italian states.Partner, Peter is the author of 'Pope's Men : The Papal Civil Service in the Renaissance', published 1990 under ISBN 9780198219958 and ISBN 0198219954.
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