Girolamo Savonarola Part 1: A Prophet Before His Time

Against the wishes of his parents, a young man from Ferrara named Girolamo Savonarola leaves his home to join the Order of the Dominicans. Thanks to the influence of his austere grandfather, Savonarola begins to grow disillusioned with the Catholic Church and its worldly ways.

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Bibliography:

Bartlett, Kenneth. Florence in the Age of the Medici and Savonarola, 1464-1498: A Short History with Documents. Hackett Publishing, 2018.

Landucci, Luca. A Florentine Diary from 1450 to 1516. Columbia University Press, 1927. 

Martines, Lauro. Fire in the City: Savonarola and the Struggle for the Soul of Renaissance Florence. Oxford University Press, 2005. 

Savonarola, Girolamo. A Guide to Righteous Living and Other Works. Toronto Center for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 2003.

Strathern, Paul. Death in Florence: The Medici, Savonarola, and the Battle for the Soul of a Renaissance City. Pegasus Books, 2016.

Villari, Pasquale. Life and Times of Girolamo Savonarola. University of the Pacific Press, 2004.

Weinstein, Donald. Savonarola: The Rise and Fall of a Renaissance Prophet. Yale University Press, 2011.

Cover Image: Portrait of a Dominican, presumed to be Girolamo Savonarola, c. 1524.

Opening Theme: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 by Antonín Dvořák.

Closing Theme: "Dies Irae" performed by the Monastic Choir of the Grimbergen Abbey.