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Martines, Lauro.

Fire in the city : Savonarola and the struggle for Renaissance Florence / Lauro Martines. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. - xvi, 336 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-321) and index.

Chorus -- Vile bodies: 1472-1490 -- The friar returns: 1490-1491 -- The wait: 1492-1494 -- Fear and loathing: November 1494 -- Holy liberty -- Stamping out tyranny: 1494-1495 -- God and politics -- Angels and enforcers: 1496-1498 -- The Pope and the friar: 1495-1497 -- The Savonarolan moment -- Wailers and bigots -- Excommunication: May-June 1497 -- Five executions: August 1497 -- Rome closes in -- Foiled fire -- The siege of San Marco: April 1498 -- Confessions of a sinner -- Fire again: three executions: May 1498 -- The conscience of a city.

ISBN: 9780195327106 (pbk.) 0195327101 (pbk.)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452-1498.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Reformers--Italy--Florence--Biography.
Dominicans--Italy--Florence--Biography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Florence (Italy)--History--1421-1737.
Florence (Italy)--Politics and government--1421-1737.
Florence (Italy)--Church history.
Florence (Italy)--Biography.

Dewey Class. No.: 945/.5105092 B / M385F