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Autore |
Martines Lauro |
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Titolo |
Fire in the city : Savonarola and the struggle for the soul of Renaissance Florence / / Lauro Martines |
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Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-988430-7 |
1-280-84504-X |
0-19-803949-2 |
1-4294-2032-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (361 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Reformers - Italy - Florence |
Florence (Italy) History 1421-1737 |
Florence (Italy) Politics and government 1421-1737 |
Florence (Italy) Church history |
Florence (Italy) Biography |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-321) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; AN X-RAY OF FLORENTINE GOVERNMENT; GLOSSARY OF TERMS; 1 Chorus; 2 Vile Bodies: 1472-1490; 3 The Friar Returns: 1490-1491; 4 The Wait: 1492-1494; 5 Fear and Loathing: November 1494; 6 Holy Liberty; 7 Stamping out Tyranny: 1494-1495; 8 God and Politics; 9 Angels and Enforcers: 1496-1498; 10 The Pope and the Friar: 1495-1497; 11 The Savonarolan Moment; 12 Wailers and Bigots; 13 Excommunication: May-June 1497; 14 Five Executions: August 1497; 15 Rome Closes In; 16 Foiled Fire; 17 The Siege of San Marco: April 1498; 18 Confessions of a Sinner; 19 Fire Again: Three Executions: May 1498; 20 The Conscience of a City; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A gripping and beautifully written narrative that reads like a novel, Fire in the City presents a compelling account of a key moment in the history of the Renaissance, illuminating the remarkable man who |
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