Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Girolamo savonarola was an italian dominican friar and preacher active in renaissance florence. He denounced clerical corruption, despotic rule and the exploitation of the poor. Savonarola, girolamo, sermon 59 from no uncertain sound, sermons that shaped the pulpit tradition, edited, with an introduction, by ray c. In 1481 he went to san marco, the dominican house at florence, where he became popular for his eloquent sermons, in. View girolamo savonarola research papers on academia. After the overthrow of the medici in 1494, savonarola was the sole leader of florence, setting up a democratic republic. Intellectually very talented he devoted himself to his studies, and especially to philosophy and medicine. Girolamo savonarola 145298 influence on florentine art. Suoi tempi, narrata da pasquale villari con laiuto di. Contents biography of girolamo savonarola early life career as a preacher in florence legacy articles about the renaissance in florence. He was known for his prophecies of civic glory, the destruction of secular art and culture, and his calls for christian renewal. Girolamo savonarola wikipedia, a enciclopedia libre. The dominican reformer came from an old family of ferrara.
Representative sermons from the latin fathers through the reformation, extracts in translation for the history of the church and preaching on, open source, free ebooks. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the life and times of girolamo savonarola. For a general guide to the evolution of painting, sculpture and other artforms, see. Pdf during the middle ages, job had mainly three allegorical meanings, namely. Al termine delle guerre ditalia il partito dei medici erano tornato al potere, mentre i medici erano ancora in esilio e e non avrebbero messo piede a. The real history we take a look at the dominican friar and wouldbe prophet of florence, girolamo savonarola.