3.20. Girolamo Savonarola or the return of the Middle Ages 3.20. Girolamo Savonarola eller medeltidens återkomst

Girolamo Savonarola at the stake

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Contemporary Florentines referred to the Dominican Friar Girolamo Savonarola as the "sword of the Lord" for his fiery sermons predicting the coming scourge and the downfall of the ruling Medici family. Inspired by Savonarola, the Florentines began to restore the republican order after Piero de' Medici's exile in 1494. In the Piazza della Signoria, the site of Savonarola's infamous "Bonfires of the Vanities," the flames of which consumed many works of Renaissance art and literature; the friar himself was burned at the stake in 1498. Several paintings depicting the event have come down to us.

Luca Landucci: On May 23, 1498, a Wednesday morning, the execution of these three friars took place. They led them from the Palazzo [della Signoria] and had them walk on a platform that had been placed near the ringhiera. >>>
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Contemporary Florentines referred to the Dominican Friar Girolamo Savonarola as the "sword of the Lord" for his fiery sermons predicting the coming scourge and the downfall of the ruling Medici family. Inspired by Savonarola, the Florentines began to restore the republican order after Piero de' Medici's exile in 1494. In the Piazza della Signoria, the site of Savonarola's infamous "Bonfires of the Vanities," the flames of which consumed many works of Renaissance art and literature; the friar himself was burned at the stake in 1498. Several paintings depicting the event have come down to us.

 

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