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Savonarola : the rise and fall of a Renaissance prophet / Donald Weinstein.
LIBRA DG737.97 .W43 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weinstein, Donald, 1926-2015.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452-1498.
- Savonarola, Girolamo.
- Dominicans--Italy--Florence--Biography.
- Dominicans.
- Catholic Church.
- Reformers--Italy--Florence--Biography.
- Reformers.
- History.
- Italy--Florence.
- Florence (Italy)--Biography.
- Florence (Italy).
- Florence (Italy)--Politics and government--1421-1737.
- Florence (Italy)--Church history.
- Catholic Church--Italy--Florence--History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 379 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2011]
- Summary:
- "This impeccable book is the culmination of Donald Weinstein's lifelong study of the Italian Renaissance and is a must-read for anyone interested in Savonarola. With customary learning, insight and lucid prose, Weinstein provides an exceptionally vivid portrait of one of the most controversial and fascinating figures of early modern Italy."
- "A masterpiece of the genre. Donald Weinstein has succeeded in presenting a wholly coherent, finely balanced and deeply moving analysis of Savonarola, the man, the preacher, the reformer and the political leader. Weinstein's understanding and presentation of the complex political, social and religious contexts in which Savonarola operated are outstanding and unmatched by any other biographer."
- "Eminently readable, neither hagiographical nor overcritical, the biography, which will surely become the definitive account of this Renaissance prophet, leads us through the drama of Savonarola's life, allowing the man himself to emerge from generously quoted sermons, letters and chronicles, as well as from the author's own deeply researched and judicious narrative."
- "The genius of Renaissance history lies in its capacity to remain forever contemporary. Donald Weinstein's smooth biography brilliantly reveals Savonarola as a man for our unstable and risk-riven times, dangerously mixing charismatic leadership, governance and fundamentalist religion."
- "This new biography of Girolamo Savonarola is a testimonial to Donald Weinstein's vast erudition, and to his penetrating insights into Renaissance Florence. Weinstein focuses on the Dominican friar's role as a prophet, and his vision of Florence as the new Jerusalem. This dramatic account of the rise and fall of a major historical figure is an important contribution to the history of Florence during one of its most traumatic pluses." Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Making of a moralist
- Making of a preacher
- Making of a prophet
- Florence and the Medici
- The magnificent Lorenzo
- Bologna to Florence
- Lo, the sword of God!
- The new Cyrus
- Liberty!
- The Ark and the flood
- Toward the New Jerusalem
- The virgin and the republic of virtue
- The pope summons
- Obstacles to the Spirit
- Mobilizing the children
- I can't live without preaching
- The tail acquires a head
- Burning the vanities
- Excommunicated!
- Defiance
- Exodus
- Trial by fire
- Despair and hope
- Silence
- Echoes
- Afterwords.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-368) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300111934
- 0300111932
- OCLC:
- 747385668
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