Selected writings of Girolamo Savonarola : religion and politics, 1490-1498
Girolamo Savonarola (Author), Anne Borelli (Editor, Translator), Maria C. Pastore Passaro (Editor, Translator), Donald Beebe (Editor)
This is a comprehensive collection of Savonarola's works and includes translations of his sermons and treatises on pastoral ministry, prophesy, politics and moral reform, as well as correspondence with Alexander VI that led to Savonarola's silencing and excommunication
Church history
1 online resource (xxxviii, 381 pages) : illustrations
9780300129045, 0300129041
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Contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword by Giuseppe Mazzotta
Acknowledgments by Donald Beebe
Introduction by Alison Brown
Text Sources
Biblical Abbreviations and Equivalencies
PASTORAL MINISTRY
Amos and Zacharias, Sermon XLIV (The Art of Living Well): Good Friday, 1 April 1496
Ruth and Micheas, Sermon XXVIII, “The Art of Dying Well�: All Souls� Day, 2 November 1496
PROPHECY
Psalms, Sermon III, “Renovation Sermon�: Octave of the Epiphany, 13 January 1495
A Dialogue concerning Prophetic Truth, 1496�97
POLITICS Aggeus, Sermon VII (On Social Order): First Sunday of Advent, 28 November 1494Aggeus, Sermon XIII (The Venetian Model for Republican Florence): Third Sunday of Advent, 12 December 1494
Aggeus, Sermon XXIII (Florence, God�s Chosen City): 28 December 1494
Treatise on the Rule and Government of the City of Florence: 1498?
MORAL REFORM I
Carnival: 16 February 1496
Luca Landucci, A Florentine Diary: 16�29 February
Letter from Paolo de Somenzi to Lodovico Sforza, Duke of Milan: 16 February 1496
Pseudo-Burlamacchi, La vita del Beato Ieronimo Savonarola Palm Sunday Procession/Monte di Pietà : 27 March 1496Amos and Zacharias, Sermon XL
Girolamo Benivieni, “Viva ne nostri cuori, o Florentia�
Luca Landucci, A Florentine Diary: 27 March 1496
Piero Parenti, Storia fiorentina
Pseudo-Burlamacchi, La vita del Beato Ieronimo Savonarola
Bonfire of Vanities I: 7 February 1497
Girolamo Benivieni, “Da che tu ci hai, Signore�
Piero Parenti, Storia fiorentina
Iacopo Nardi, Istorie della città di Firenze
Pseudo-Burlamacchi, La vita del Beato Ieronimo Savonarola
SILENCING AND EXCOMMUNICATION SilencingLetter from Pope Alexander VI to Savonarola: 21 July 1495
Letter from Savonarola to Pope Alexander VI: 31 July 1495
Letter from Pope Alexander VI to the Brothers of Santa Croce: 8 September 1495
Letter from Savonarola to Pope Alexander VI: 29 September 1495
Letter from Pope Alexander VI to Savonarola: 16 October 1495
Open Letter to a Friend: end of 1495
Excommunication
Open Letter to All the Elect: 8 May 1497
Letter from Savonarola to Pope Alexander VI: 20 May 1497
Open Letter to All Christians: 19 June 1497 Letter from Savonarola to Pope Alexander VI: 25 June 1497Open Letter against the Recently Imposed Sentence of Excommunication: end of June 1497
Letter from Savonarola to Pope Alexander VI: 13 October 1497
Letter from Savonarola to Pope Alexander VI: 13 [3] March 1498
Alternate Version
MORAL REFORM II
Bonfire of Vanities II: 27 February 1498
Exodus, Sermon III: Quinquagesima Sunday, 25 February 1498
Luca Landucci, A Florentine Diary: 27 February 1498
Piero Parenti, Storia fiorentina
Iacopo Nardi, Istorie della città di Firenze
Translated from the Italian