Selected Writings of Girolamo Savonarola
Subtitle: Religion and Politics, 1490-1498 (Italian Literature and Thought)
Contributors: Giuseppe Mazzotta (Foreword); Donald Beebe (Editor); Anne Borelli (Editor); Maria Pastore Passaro (Editor)
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: March 15, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780300103267
Subjects: Biography: general; European history: c 1500 to c 1750; European history: c 500 to c 1500; History Of Religion (General); Political Theory; Political Science; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literature: Classics; Politics/International Relations; Christianity - Catholic; General; Literary Collections / General; History & Theory - General; 1421-1737; Catholic Church; Church history; Florence; Florence (Italy); History; Italy; Politics and government
Description: "Five hundred years after his death at the stake, Girolamo Savonarola remains one of the most fascinating figures of the Italian Renaissance. This volume, which contains an introduction by historian Alison Brown, is the first comprehensive collection of Savonarola's works in English. It 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."--Publisher.