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Strathern, Paul, 1940-
Subjects
Medici, Lorenzo de', 1449-1492.
Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452-1498.
Renaissance -- Italy.
Renaissance -- Italy -- Florence.
Florence (Italy) -- History -- 1421-1737.
Florence (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 1421-1737.
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Strathern, Paul, 1940-
Medici, Lorenzo de', 1449-1492.
Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452-1498.
Renaissance -- Italy.
Renaissance -- Italy -- Florence.
Florence (Italy) -- History -- 1421-1737.
Florence (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 1421-1737.
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Death
in
Florence
: the
Medici
,
Savonarola
, and the
battle
for the
soul
of a
renaissance
city
/ Paul Strathern.
by
Strathern, Paul, 1940-
Pegasus Books, 2015.
Call #:
945.51 S899d
Subjects
Medici
, Lorenzo de', 1449-1492.
Savonarola
, Girolamo, 1452-1498.
Renaissance
-- Italy.
Renaissance
-- Italy --
Florence
.
Florence
(Italy) -- History -- 1421-1737.
Florence
(Italy) -- Politics and government -- 1421-1737.
ISBN:
9781605988269
160598826X
Description:
428 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"By the end of the fifteenth century,
Florence
was well established as the home of the
Renaissance
. As generous patrons to the likes of Botticelli and Michelangelo, the ruling
Medici
embodied the progressive humanist spirit of the age, and in Lorenzo de'
Medici
(Lorenzo the Magnificent) they possessed a diplomat capable of guarding the militarily weak
city
in a climate of constantly shifting allegiances between the major Italian powers. However, in the form of
Savonarola
, an unprepossessing provincial monk, Lorenzo found his nemesis. Filled with Old Testament fury and prophecies of doom,
Savonarola
's sermons reverberated among a disenfranchised population, who preferred medieval Biblical certainties to the philosophical interrogations and intoxicating surface glitter of the
Renaissance
.
Savonarola
's aim was to establish a '
City
of God' for his followers, a new kind of democratic state, the likes of which the world had never seen before. The
battle
between these two men would be a fight to the
death
, a series of sensational events invasions, trials by fire, the 'Bonfire of the Vanities', terrible executions and mysterious deaths featuring a cast of the most important and charismatic
Renaissance
figures. Was this a simple clash of wills between a benign ruler and religious fanatic? Between secular pluralism and repressive extremism? In an exhilaratingly rich and deeply researched story, Paul Strathern reveals the paradoxes, self-doubts, and political compromises that made the
battle
for the
soul
of the
Renaissance
city
one of the most complex and important moments in Western history."--From publisher.
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