Selected writings of Girolamo Savonarola : religion and politics, 1490-1498 / translated and edited by Anne Borelli and Maria Pastore Passaro ; Donald Beebe, executive editor.

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxvi-xxxvii) and index.

Translated from the Italian.

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.

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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

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