Selezione dei vescovi e qualità del governo episcopale in Italia centro-settentrionale nel Trecento : alcune note di ricerca

This paper focuses on the process of selection and appointment of bishops at the end of the Middle Ages, by trying to summarize a number of topics debated in recent historiography (both Italian and european). Particular attention has paid to the cultures of government that the bishops (and their agents) displayed in the management of the diocese.