| Other author/creator | Mulchahey, M. Michèle, 1957- editor, translator. |
| Included Work | Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452-1498 Works. Selections (I Tatti Renaissance library) |
| Included Work | Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452-1498 Works. Selections. English (I Tatti Renaissance library) |
| Included Work | Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452-1498. De veritate prophetica dyalogus. |
| Included Work | Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452-1498. De veritate prophetica dyalogus. English. |
| Series |
The I Tatti Renaissance library ; ITRL 68
I Tatti Renaissance library ; 68. ^A481188
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| Contents |
Letter to Alexander VI, July 31, 1495 -- Letter to Alexander VI, September 29, 1495 -- Apology for the Brothers of the Congregation of San Marco -- Letter to Alexander VI, May 20, 1497 -- Letter against the sentence of excommunication, June 1497 -- Letter to Alexander VI, October 13, 1497 -- Letter to Alexander VI, March 13, 1498 -- Letter to Alexander VI, March 13, 1498 (unsent version) -- Dialogue on the truth of prophecy. |
| Scope and content |
"First brought to Florence by Lorenzo de' Medici as a celebrity preacher, Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498), a Dominican friar, would ultimately play a major role in the events that convulsed the city in the 1490s and led to the overthrow of the Medici themselves. After a period when he held close to absolute power in the great Renaissance republic, Savonarola was excommunicated by the Borgia pope, Alexander VI, in 1497 and, after a further year of struggle, was hanged and burned in Florence's Piazza della Signoria in 1498. The Latin writings brought together in this volume consist of various letters, a formal apologia, and his Dialogue on the truth of prophecy, all written in the last year of his life. They defend his prophetic mission and work of reform in Florence while providing a fascinating window on to the mind of a religious fanatic. All these works are here translated into English for the first time"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Language | Texts in Latin with English translations on facing pages; introduction in English. |
| LCCN | 2014037089 |
| ISBN | 9780674054981 hardcover alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 0674054989 hardcover alkaline paper |
