At the Court of the Borgia – Johann Burchard

S$52.00

At the Court of the Borgia – Johann Burchard

S$52.00

Title: At the Court of the Borgia, being an Account of the Reign of Pope Alexander VI

Author: Johann Burchard, Geoffrey Parker (trans)

Publisher: The Folio Society, 1996.

Condition: Hardcover, with slipcase. Near fine. 245pp, app 8.5″ by 5.5″.

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An abridged version of a first-hand account of the reign of Pope Alexander VI by German cleric Johannes Burchard, told from a detached and objective point of view.

About the author (from Wikipedia):

Johann Burchard, also spelled Johannes Burchart or Burkhart[1] (c.1450–1506) was an Alsatian-born priest and chronicler during the Italian Renaissance. He spent his entire career at the papal Courts of Sixtus IV, Innocent VIII, Alexander VI, Pius III, and Julius II, serving as papal Master of Ceremonies, a position from which he was able to observe most of the important events of the period.