The Emperor and His Chancellor: A Study of the Imperial Chancellery Under Gattinara

by John M. Headley

Book Overview

This study examines a significant development within late medieval and early modern European government, set in the context of the tense relations between the young Emperor Charles V and his ageing chancellor Mercurino de Gattrina. It focuses upon an important transformation in the administrative reorganisation of European monarchies: the shift in the political centre of gravity from the medieval institution of the chancellery as the secretariat for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521090199
• ISBN13: 9780521090193
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"