Death in Florence The Medici, Savonarola and the Battle for the Soul of Man

Informationen zum Autor Paul Strathern Klappentext Lorenzo de' Medici: The embodiment of Florence's most powerful family, a brutal man who ruled the city with an iron fist, whilst protecting it from the shifting mire of Italian politics. Fra Girolamo Savonarola : An unprepossessing provincial monk whose sermons, filled with Old Testament fury, resonated with the disenfranchised population of the city. The battle between these two men would be a fight to the death, a series of sensational events - including a mighty foreign invasion, trial by fire, the 'Bonfire of the Vanities', terrible executions and mysterious deaths - featuring a cast of the most important and charismatic Renaissance figures. Zusammenfassung Reveals the paradoxes, self-doubts and political compromises which made the battle for the soul of the Renaissance city one of the most complex and important moments in Western history.

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• Authors: Strathern Paul, Paul Strathern
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 03.05.2012
• Subject: Non-fiction book; Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history
• EAN: 9780099546443
• ISBN: 978-0-09-954644-3
• Pages: 464
• Dimensions (packing): 12.9 x 19.8 x 2.9 cm
• Subjects: Renaissance, Architecture, Art History, Feminism, Creativity, ART / History / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, ART / European, florence, Italy, Art Book, Christianity, History of Religion, History of Art, Artist Book, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Renaissance art, Renaissance style, Church history, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Lorenzo de Medici, art books, art gifts, history; renaissance; bonfire of the vanities; florence; lorenzo de medici; art history; architecture; art books; feminism; art teacher gifts; art book; art gifts; art history book; artist book; creativity, art history book, bonfire of the vanities, art teacher gifts