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Selected Writings of Girolamo Savonarola Religion and Politics, 1490-1498

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ISBN-10: 0300103263

ISBN-13: 9780300103267

Edition: 2005

Authors: Girolamo Savonarola, Donald Beebe, Anne Borelli, Maria Pastore Passaro, Giuseppe Mazzotta

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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…    
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Book details

List price: $95.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 3/15/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Size: 0.67" wide x 0.95" long x 0.12" tall
Weight: 1.738

List of Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Text Sources
Biblical Abbreviations and Equivalencies
Pastoral Ministry
Amos and Zacharias, Sermon XLIV (The Art of Living Well): Good Friday, 1 April 1496
Ruth and Micheas, Sermon XXVIII, "The Art of Dying Well": All Souls' Day, 2 November 1496
Prophecy
Psalms, Sermon III, "Renovation Sermon": Octave of the Epiphany, 13 January 1495
A Dialogue concerning Prophetic Truth, 1496-97
Politics
Aggeus, Sermon VII (On Social Order): First Sunday of Advent, 28 November 1494
Aggeus, Sermon XIII (The Venetian Model for Republican Florence): Third Sunday of Advent, 12 December 1494
Aggeus, Sermon XXIII (Florence, God's Chosen City): 28 December 1494
Treatise on the Rule and Government of the City of Florence: 1498?
Moral Reform I
Carnival: 16 February 1496
Luca Landucci, A Florentine Diary: 16-29 February
Letter from Paolo de Somenzi to Lodovico Sforza, Duke of Milan: 16 February 1496
Pseudo-Burlamacchi, La vita del Beato Ieronimo Savonarola
Palm Sunday Procession/Monte di Pieta: 27 March 1496
Amos and Zacharias, Sermon XL
Girolamo Benivieni, "Viva ne nostri cuori, o Florentia"
Luca Landucci, A Florentine Diary: 27 March 1496
Piero Parenti, Storia fiorentina
Pseudo-Burlamacchi, La vita del Beato Ieronimo Savonarola
Bonfire of Vanities I: 7 February 1497
Girolamo Benivieni, "Da che tu ci hai, Signore"
Piero Parenti, Storia fiorentina
Iacopo Nardi, Istorie della citta di Firenze
Pseudo-Burlamacchi, La vita del Beato Ieronimo Savonarola
Silencing and Excommunication
Silencing
Letter from Pope Alexander VI to Savonarola: 21 July 1495
Letter from Savonarola to Pope Alexander VI: 31 July 1495
Letter from Pope Alexander VI to the Brothers of Santa Croce: 8 September 1495
Letter from Savonarola to Pope Alexander VI: 29 September 1495
Letter from Pope Alexander VI to Savonarola: 16 October 1495
Open Letter to a Friend: end of 1495
Excommunication
Open Letter to All the Elect: 8 May 1497
Letter from Savonarola to Pope Alexander VI: 20 May 1497
Open Letter to All Christians: 19 June 1497
Letter from Savonarola to Pope Alexander VI: 25 June 1497
Open Letter against the Recently Imposed Sentence of Excommunication: end of June 1497
Letter from Savonarola to Pope Alexander VI: 13 October 1497
Letter from Savonarola to Pope Alexander VI: 13 [3] March 1498
Alternate Version
Moral Reform II
Bonfire of Vanities II: 27 February 1498
Exodus, Sermon III: Quinquagesima Sunday, 25 February 1498
Luca Landucci, A Florentine Diary: 27 February 1498
Piero Parenti, Storia fiorentina
Iacopo Nardi, Istorie della citta di Firenze
Letter from Paolo de Somenzi to Lodovico Sforza, Duke of Milan: 27 February 1498
Pseudo-Burlamacchi, La vita del Beato Ieronimo Savonarola
Last Moments
Savonarola's Execution: 22 May 1498
Luca Landucci, A Florentine Diary: 22 May 1498
Simone Filipepi, Estratto della cronaca
Lorenzo Violi, Le Giornate
Postmortem
Marsilio Ficino, Apologia contra Savonarolam
Francesco Guicciardini, History of Florence
Afterlife
Index