Selected Writings of Girolamo Savonarola: Religion and Politics, 1490-1498
Yale University Press, 2006-03-15 - 381 pages
Five
hundred years after his death at the stake, Girolamo Savonarola remains
one of the most fascinating figures of the Italian Renaissance. This
wide-ranging collection, with an introduction by historian Alison Brown,
includes translations of his sermons and treatises on pastoral
ministry, prophecy, politics, and moral reform, as well as the
correspondence with Alexander VI that led to Savonarola's silencing and
excommunication. Also included are first-hand accounts of religio-civic
festivities instigated by Savonarola and of his last moments. This
collection demonstrates the remarkable extent of Savonarola's
contributions to the religious, political, and aesthetic debates of the
late fifteenth century.
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