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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Strathern, Paul, 1940-       by title:      Death in Florence : ...       by call number:      945.51 S899d     Search the Web     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.       MARC Display

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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 945.51 S899d Core Collection - Adult Checked out Jul 15, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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