CHAPTER IV. Scala and Lorenzo de' Medici

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Abbreviations x
5. PART ONE. Career
6. CHAPTER I. Childhood and Education 3
7. CHAPTER II. Secretary in the Medici Household 22
8. CHAPTER III. Mediceah Chancellor of Florence 42
9. CHAPTER IV. Scala and Lorenzo de' Medici 61
10. CHAPTER V. Fall of the Medici and the New Republic 115
11. PART TWO. Work
12. CHAPTER VI. The Office of First Chancellor 135
13. CHAPTER VII. From Medieval Chancery to Modern Secretariat 161
14. PART THREE. Place in Society
15. CHAPTER VIII. A Citizen Worth Knowing 195
16. CHAPTER IX. Property and Family 220
17. PART FOUR. Writings
18. CHAPTER Χ. Apprenticeship 257
19. CHAPTER XI. Years of Maturity 278
20. CHAPTER XII. The Last Decade 297
21. CHAPTER XIII. System and Eclecticism in Scala's Thought 310
22. PART FIVE. Conclusion
23. CHAPTER XIV. Scala and the State 329
24. Select Bibliography 345
25. Index 353