Savonarola Part 9: Trial by Ordeal

<p>Political tensions in Florence reach a climax, and Savonarola is challenged to undergo a trial by fire. When the results of the trial turn public opinion decisively against him, he and his fellow monks are forced to make a desperate last stand in the monastery of San Marco.</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=&amp;_armrs=1&amp;_ipg=&amp;_from='>Visit the eBay store</a></p> <p>Bibliography:</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>