The Burning of the Vanities Savonarola and the Borgia Pope |
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| Author:
| Seward, Desmond |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7509-2981-3 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2006 |
| Publisher: | History Press Limited, The
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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This is the dramatic story of Girolamo Savonarola, thevisionary friar who terrified Renaissance Florence by hisuncannily accurate prophesies of doom - especially of anew barbarian invasion from Charles VIII - and denouncedLorenzo the Magnificent as a tyrant and the BorgiaAlexander VI as an unworthy pope. He became virtual rulerof ......
This is the dramatic story of Girolamo Savonarola, thevisionary friar who terrified Renaissance Florence by hisuncannily accurate prophesies of doom - especially of anew barbarian invasion from Charles VIII - and denouncedLorenzo the Magnificent as a tyrant and the BorgiaAlexander VI as an unworthy pope. He became virtual rulerof ......