Girolamo Savonarola Part 2: The Friar and the Prince

<p>In this episode of our series on Girolamo Savonarola, we follow the monk as he is reassigned from Florence after failing to make inroads with the people of the city. He spends the next few years wandering northern Italy, honing his preaching skills and earning a powerful reputation for himself until he is invited to return to Florence by the city’s ruler- Lorenzo de Medici.</p> <p>Works Cited:</p> <p>Bartlett, Kenneth. Florence in the Age of the Medici and Savonarola, 1464-1498: A Short History with Documents. Hackett Publishing, 2018.</p> <p>Landucci, Luca. A Florentine Diary from 1450 to 1516. Columbia University Press, 1927. </p> <p>Martines, Lauro. Fire in the City: Savonarola and the Struggle for the Soul of Renaissance Florence. Oxford University Press, 2005. </p> <p>Savonarola, Girolamo. A Guide to Righteous Living and Other Works. Toronto Center for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 2003.</p> <p>Strathern, Paul. Death in Florence: The Medici, Savonarola, and the Battle for the Soul of a Renaissance City. Pegasus Books, 2016.</p> <p>Villari, Pasquale. Life and Times of Girolamo Savonarola. University of the Pacific Press, 2004.</p> <p>Weinstein, Donald. Savonarola: The Rise and Fall of a Renaissance Prophet. Yale University Press, 2011.</p> <p>Cover Image: Portrait of a Dominican, presumed to be Girolamo Savonarola, c. 1524</p> <p>Opening Theme: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 by Antonín Dvořák</p> <p>Closing Theme: "Dies Irae" performed by the Monastic Choir of the Grimbergen Abbey</p>