Fire in the City: Savonarola and the Struggle for the Soul of Renaissance Florence, (Paperback)

from ajdeus

Martines prides himself in being opposed to all mystifications. This may be the source of one of the main problems in the Florentine story about Savonarola. As the Dominican Savonarola was exerting his power through sermons, understanding the mythical messages seems paramount. After the first 100...

from JBD1

Picked this one up because I realized that while Savonarola's name gets bandied about quite a bit, I wasn't actually all that clear on just what it was that he had done. Martines' book, while not the most readable or clearly writing volume, certainly gets at the political and religious drama Savo...

from john257hopper

A very well researched and well written account of the Savonarola phenomenon. The author rightly insists he be seen in the context of his time in his rhetorical approach and attitude towards religious (and political) elites, and not through the prism of current West European attitudes towards rel...

from john257hopper

A very well researched and well written account of the Savonarola phenomenon. The author rightly insists he be seen in the context of his time in his rhetorical approach and attitude towards religious (and political) elites, and not through the prism of current West European attitudes towards rel...