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Life of the Spirit, 1952
He was a little below medium height and lightly built, but his erect carriage and fine head made him stand out in company. His complexion was fresh, his hair dark chestnut, his eyes greyish-blue, probably, and very brilliant. The long curved nose, strong jaw and full lips are familiar to us from portraits; not so the charm of expression, the noble ...
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He was a little below medium height and lightly built, but his erect carriage and fine head made him stand out in company. His complexion was fresh, his hair dark chestnut, his eyes greyish-blue, probably, and very brilliant. The long curved nose, strong jaw and full lips are familiar to us from portraits; not so the charm of expression, the noble ...
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2010
Born in Ferrara, Girolamo Savonarola (b. 1452–d. 1498) entered the Dominican order in Bologna in 1475. After spells in Florence, San Gimignano, and Brescia, he returned to Florence under Medicean patronage in 1490 and was elected prior of the convent of San Marco the following year.
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Born in Ferrara, Girolamo Savonarola (b. 1452–d. 1498) entered the Dominican order in Bologna in 1475. After spells in Florence, San Gimignano, and Brescia, he returned to Florence under Medicean patronage in 1490 and was elected prior of the convent of San Marco the following year.
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Savonarola and the Renaissance
Blackfriars, 1953The contrast between Savonarola and his times was not as vivid as had been imagined. Much of what he stood for was but the logical corollary to many of the aspirations of Renaissance men, a fact which explains in more than one way the success he enjoyed in the Florence of the Medici. Such a success in that town is even more remarkable when one realises
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Mit Exlibris von Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Exemplar der Zentralbibliothek Zürich, C.F.-Meyer ...
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Blackfriars, 1952
For my part, I am not sure my mind is not made up one way or the other . . . but to conclude, I say this: if he was good we have seen in our day a great prophet; if bad, a very great man. . . .’So wrote Francesco Guicciardini, the Florentine who, as a boy of fifteen, may have seen Savonarola hanged in the Piazza della Signoria.
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For my part, I am not sure my mind is not made up one way or the other . . . but to conclude, I say this: if he was good we have seen in our day a great prophet; if bad, a very great man. . . .’So wrote Francesco Guicciardini, the Florentine who, as a boy of fifteen, may have seen Savonarola hanged in the Piazza della Signoria.
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2023
The contribution intends to highlight the implicit Mosaic references to Savonarola's work and deeds. During the 15th century, references to the figure of Moses are frequent both in the papal sphere (as a political leader and legislator) and in the humanistic sphere (philosopher, magician, mystic).
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The contribution intends to highlight the implicit Mosaic references to Savonarola's work and deeds. During the 15th century, references to the figure of Moses are frequent both in the papal sphere (as a political leader and legislator) and in the humanistic sphere (philosopher, magician, mystic).
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The Social Teaching of Savonarola
Blackfriars, 1952Savonarola has been called the first Christian social reformer of modern times. It is as such only that I speak of him.Social Christianity was for him the work which awaits both the body and the member, a vocation for all rather than the specialised task of a few not so much a struggle or a decisive battle, but a never-ending journey in which the ...
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