Johann Burchard (–1506)
Autor de At the Court of the Borgia, Being an Account of the Reign of Pope Alexander VI
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- Otros nombres
- Burchardus, Johannes
Bruchardi, Johannis - Fecha de nacimiento
- c. 1450
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1506
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Germany
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Niederhaslach, Elsaß
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Rome, Italy
- Ocupaciones
- priest
diarist - Biografía breve
- Johann Burchard served as master of ceremonies for Pope Alexander VI (Borgia) and was thus perfectly placed to closely observe the personalities and events at the papal court. His diary is one of the most useful historical sources of this period. Johann Burchard was the papal Master of Ceremonies from 1483 through 1503 when he died. He was the keeper of the papal ceremonial schedule and kept a diary of events for the last few months of the pontificate of Sixtus IV, the whole of those of Innocent VIII, Alexander VI, and Pius II, and the first years of the pontificate of Julius II. The whole of Burchard's diary is in the Vatican Library, and it is considered to be an authoritative source of papal history of its time. The Image shows an English language edition of part of his diary, concerning only the pontificate of Alexander VI Borgia, issued by the London Folio Society in 1963 and reissued in 1993.
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Following Columbus' discoveries in 1492, Alexander's papal bulls of 1493 recognized or reaffirmed the Spanish crown's rights in the New World. Alexander VI served as Cesare Borgia's condottiere for the French king during the second Italian war. His foreign policy's main objective was to secure the best possible conditions for his family.
The author tries to avoid some of the more salacious stories about Alexander and he never disclosed the work during his lifetime. It wasn't until the beginning of the twentieth century that a complete edition of his diary was published. Even though I am not a Catholic, nor am I a scholar of the Renaissance, I found this book fascinating. For those interested in the history of the Borgia's or of the Renaissance culture and politics this is an excellent source. A judicious selection from the diaries of Johann Burchard, focusing on the reign of Pope Alexander VI. This was the Borgia Pope and the lives and times of the Borgias provide an entry into the world of the Renaissance. An intimate history with fascinating details and flaws as well.… (más)