A riveting new book about Savonarola, “a lowly friar” of Renaissance Florence, but also a charismatic preacher and the talk of all Italy in the 1490s when he called for the renewal of a corrupt Church and the purging of vile governments.
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About the Author:
One of the world's foremost authorities on the Italian Renaissance, Lauro Martines was born in Chicago, has a Ph.D. from Harvard University, but has lived in London since 1970. Until recently he commuted to Los Angeles, where he was Professor of European History at the University of California. He and his wife, the novelist Julia O'Faolain, lived for some years in Florence. His books include Lawyers and Statecraft in Renaissance Florence, Power and Imagination: City-States in Renaissance Italy, Society and History in English Renaissance Verse, An Italian Renaissance Sextet: Six Tales in Historical Context and Strong Words: Writing and Social Strain in the Italian Renaissance.
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- PublisherJonathan Cape
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0224072528
- ISBN 13 9780224072526
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages320
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