Girolamo Savonarola Part 2: The Friar and the Prince

After failing to make inroads with the people of Florence, Savonarola spends the next few years wandering across northern Italy, honing his preaching skills and building a reputation for himself. Half a decade later, he is invited to return at the behest of the city's de-facto ruler, Lorenzo de Medici.

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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.