SAVONAROLA, Girolamo.
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Most handsomely bound and of impeccable provenance, by the Italian preacher and friar Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498) and edited by the German jurist and publicist Christopher Besoldus (1577-1638). Savonarola was active in Renaissance Florence and was known for his religious prophecies and abhorrence of secular arts and culture. His works called for the Christian faith to be revered with renewed respect and intensified practice, the present volume being no exception. Savonarola called for reform in light of the corruption of the Roman Church and papacy, and commanded his followers to return to Christian doctrine and live a simple, puritanical life away from the excesses of Rome. He claims prophetic gifts, and experienced visions of biblical floods, a new Cyrus that would invade Italy from the north, and predicted Florence would become a New Jerusalem, if people would adhere to his teachings. Having risen to the upper ranks of Florentine life to become its virtual ruler, he fell from grace due to his extreme views and incensement of the mob and was eventually tried and condemned to death. Christopher Besoldus was a prolific publisher, with over 100 scholarly writings known today. He knew 9 languages including Latin and Hebrew and, though born Protestant, publicly converted to Catholicism in 1635. His publications are seen as one of the significant causes of the Thirty Years War; he wrote on topics ranging from federalism, public finance and the dependency of the Württemberg m
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