But perhaps compiling this inventory of the vices of the curia was something more [for Lapo] than an expression of ambivalence.
There is a moment in the work in which Lapo praises the gossip, obscene stories, jokes, and lies that characterize the conversation of the apostolic scribes and secretaries. No matter, he says, whether the things are reported are true or false. They are all amusing and, in their way, instructive...
There is a moment in the work in which Lapo praises the gossip, obscene stories, jokes, and lies that characterize the conversation of the apostolic scribes and secretaries. No matter, he says, whether the things are reported are true or false. They are all amusing and, in their way, instructive...
