Elect Nation - The Savonarolan Movement in Florence, 1494-1545

Zusatztext Polizzotto...has written a definitive study based mainly on manuscript sources in some twenty archives but also employing the most recent secondary literature. Klappentext The Elect Nation is the first comprehensive study of the religious, political and cultural movement inspired by Savonarola. Based on a thorough examination of the archival material and manuscript sources, the book argues that the followers of Savonarola exercised a profound influence on every facet of Florentine life during the important period of the city's transition from republic to principate. It is the author's contention that their ideology and activities provide the key to understanding not only the Florentine Republic, but also the nature of contemporary political debate and the characteristics of the emerging Medicean Principate. A major preoccupation of the book is to show how the Savonarolans as a group managed to survive the execution of their leaders and to regain their strength and influence. The author traces their networks of support and analyses the way in which they infiltrated and restructured existing Florentine institutions to their advantage. He also reveals how they exploited spiritual counselling and lay and religious patronage to expand their influence and, in particular, how they ensured the survival of their movement by forming an anti-Medicean alliance of republican forces in Florence. Zusammenfassung Examines the activities of the Savonarolan party from the time of its formation during Savonarola's ascendancy, identifies its strategies for survival after the execution of Savonarola, and analyzes the party's contribution to the political and religious life of Florence.

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• Authors: Lorenzo Polizzotto, Lorenzo (Associate Professor Polizzotto, Polizzotto Lorenzo
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.12.1994
• EAN: 9780199206001
• ISBN: 978-0-19-920600-1
• No. of pages: 502
• Series: Oxford-Warburg Studies; Oxford-Warburg Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Political Parties, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, RELIGION / Christianity / General, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Italy, Christianity, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Political parties and party platforms