Girolamo Savonarola Part 4: Il Popolo e Libertà

<p>In this episode of our series on the life and times of Savonarola, we observe the fallout from the French invasion of Italy in 1494. As the power of the Medici reaches its breaking point and King Charles VIII of France threatens the city with destruction, the people of Florence turn to Savonarola to deliver them from peril.</p> <p><a href='mailto:%20historiadramaticapod@gmail.com'>Email me</a></p> <p><a href='https://twitter.com/kaiserwillemii'>Follow me on Twitter</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.facebook.com/historiadramaticapod'>Like the show on Facebook</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxDbRAn94A6txCiKozsxB_g'>Watch the show on YouTube</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.ebay.com/sch/historiadr-8/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from='>Visit the eBay store</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.patreon.com/user?u=55693541'>Support the show on Patreon</a></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 Abb