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Pope Alexander VI and His Court-Extracts from the Latin Diary of Johannes Burchardus, Bishop of Orta and Civita Castellana, Pontifical Master of Ceremonies. Edited by Dr. F. L. Glaser.
"The passages selected from the diary succeeds in conveying to the reader the characteristic features of a remarkable period and it's complex personalities as recorded by a contempory" - Dr. F. L. Glaser
An excellent historical account of the papal court protocol, the people and events of the times.
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"Seeing that it behooves a Master of Ceremonies to pay heed to individuals, I, John Burchard, Clerk of the Ceremonies in the Chapel of His Holinss our Lord the Pope, will note below the things which happened in my time and appeared to be connected with ceremonies, together with, at least, some external affairs, so that I may more readily give account of the office entrusted to me."
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First page to the portion that begins the writings of Johannes Burchardus (John Burchard).
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