Savonarola''s Women - Visions and Reform in Renaissance Italy

Zusammenfassung Girolamo Savonarola (1452-98), the religious reformer, preacher, and Florentine civic leader, was burned at the stake as a false prophet by the order of Pope Alexander VI. This book explores the networks of Savonarola's female followers that proliferated in the two generations following his death.

Product details

• Authors: Tamar Herzig, Herzig Tamar
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2007
• EAN: 9780226329154
• ISBN: 978-0-226-32915-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, RELIGION / Christianity / General, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, HISTORY / Women, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, RELIGION / Blasphemy, Heresy & Apostasy, Italy, Christianity, CE period up to c 1500, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Christian leaders & leadership, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Gender studies: women, Religious and spiritual figures, Gender studies: women and girls, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, RELIGION / Christian Living / Leadership & Mentoring, Blasphemy, Heresy, Apostasy