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Author: Lauro Martines (Professor of European History, Professor of European History, University of California, Los Angeles (Emeritus), New York, NY, United States)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Edition: annotated edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.80cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 23.20cm
Weight: 0.522kg
ISBN: 9780195327106
ISBN 10: 0195327101
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 10 July 2007
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
The book makes lively reading and draws us toward the enigma of Savonarola. --Melissa Meriam Bullard, The Catholic Historical Review<br> With Fire in the City, Lauro Martines beautifully explores the novelty of Savonarola's moral mission. --Maria C. Pasotre Passaro, Journal of Modern History<br> A rich and fascinating portrait of Girolamo Savonarola, the Dominican friar who ruled Florence after the fall of the Medicis. Enraged by church corruption, he led a Florentine council for 20 years--until his enemies burned him at the stake in 1498. --Los Angeles Times<br> Impressive narrative power.... A thoroughly good read that is also reliable history, scrupulously documented yet with its pages uncluttered by footnotes.... As in every tragedy, the pace quickens as the atmosphere darkens around the protagonist; and when all occasions begin to conspire against him, the reader is caught up in the pity, the cruelty--and the inevitability--of his fate.... Savonarola's story...bears fresh retelling, and Lauro Martines does so with scholarly authority and an admirable combination of clarity and pace. --Sir Michael Levey, Wall Street Journal<br> Martines is one of our most renowned historians of the Italian Renaissance and of Florence in particular. His new book is, in some ways, a successor to April Blood, his account of the 'Pazzi' conspiracy to assassinate Lorenzo de' Medici in 1478. Together the two volumes make up an engrossing study of society and politics during the Tuscan city's most illustrious half century. --Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World<br> Martines writes like an angel, and his judgments are nuanced and humane.... Makes a convincing case that history treatedSavonarola unfairly: he was an eloquent preacher and a sagacious political advisor to the city.... This book will be read with profit by both professional scholars and general readers. --Library Journal (starred review)<br> Martines's fast-paced study weaves a first-rate social history of Renaissance Florence with a deeply affecting and more complex portrait of Savonarola.... This absorbing account by Martines captures Savonarola's brilliance as well as the exciting and dangerous days of Renaissance Florence. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)<br>
<br> The book makes lively reading and draws us toward the enigma of Savonarola. --Melissa Meriam Bullard, The Catholic Historical Review<br> With Fire in the City, Lauro Martines beautifully explores the novelty of Savonarola's moral mission. --Maria C. Pasotre Passaro, Journal of Modern History<br> A rich and fascinating portrait of Girolamo Savonarola, the Dominican friar who ruled Florence after the fall of the Medicis. Enraged by church corruption, he led a Florentine council for 20 years--until his enemies burned him at the stake in 1498. --Los Angeles Times<br> Impressive narrative power.... A thoroughly good read that is also reliable history, scrupulously documented yet with its pages uncluttered by footnotes.... As in every tragedy, the pace quickens as the atmosphere darkens around the protagonist; and when all occasions begin to conspire against him, the reader is caught up in the pity, the cruelty--and the inevitability--of his fate.... Savonarola's story...bears fresh ret
A rich and fascinating portrait of Girolamo Savonarola, the Dominican friar who ruled Florence after the fall of the Medicis. Enraged by church corruption, he led a Florentine council for 20 years until his enemies burned him at the stake in 1498. Impressive narrative power... A thoroughly good read that is also reliable history, scrupulously documented yet with its pages uncluttered by footnotes... As in every tragedy, the pace quickens as the atmosphere darkens around the protagonist; and when all occasions begin to conspire against him, the reader is caught up in the pity, the cruelty and the inevitability Martines is one of our most renowned historians of the Italian Renaissance and of Florence in particular. His new book is, in some ways, a successor to April Blood , his account of the 'Pazzi' conspiracy to assassinate Lorenzo de' Medici in 1478. Together the two volumes make up an engrossing study of society and politics during the Tuscan city's most illustrious half century. Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World Martines writes like an angel, and his judgments are nuanced and humane... Makes a convincing case that history treated Savonarola unfairly: he was an eloquent preacher and a sagacious political advisor to the city... This book will be read with profit by both professional scholars and general readers. Library Journal (starred review) Martines's fast-paced study weaves a first-rate social history of Renaissance Florence with a deeply affecting and more complex portrait of Savonarola... This absorbing account by Martines captures Savonarola's brilliance as well as the exciting and dangerous days of Renaissance Florence. Publishers Weekly (starred review)
The book makes lively reading and draws us toward the enigma of Savonarola. --Melissa Meriam Bullard, The Catholic Historical Review With Fire in the City, Lauro Martines beautifully explores the novelty of Savonarola's moral mission. --Maria C. Pasotre Passaro, Journal of Modern History A rich and fascinating portrait of Girolamo Savonarola, the Dominican friar who ruled Florence after the fall of the Medicis. Enraged by church corruption, he led a Florentine council for 20 years--until his enemies burned him at the stake in 1498. --Los Angeles Times Impressive narrative power....A thoroughly good read that is also reliable history, scrupulously documented yet with its pages uncluttered by footnotes....As in every tragedy, the pace quickens as the atmosphere darkens around the protagonist; and when all occasions begin to conspire against him, the reader is caught up in the pity, the cruelty--and the inevitability--of his fate....Savonarola's story...bears fresh retelling, and Lauro Martines does so with scholarly authority and an admirable combination of clarity and pace. --Sir Michael Levey, Wall Street Journal Martines is one of our most renowned historians of the Italian Renaissance and of Florence in particular. His new book is, in some ways, a successor to April Blood , his account of the 'Pazzi' conspiracy to assassinate Lorenzo de' Medici in 1478. Together the two volumes make up an engrossing study of society and politics during the Tuscan city's most illustrious half century. --Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World Martines writes like an angel, and his judgments are nuanced and humane....Makes a convincing case that history treated Savonarola unfairly: he was an eloquent preacher and a sagacious political advisor to the city....This book will be read with profit by both professional scholars and general readers. --Library Journal (starred review) Martines's fast-paced study weaves a first-rate social history of Renaissance Florence with a deeply affecting and more complex portrait of Savonarola....This absorbing account by Martines captures Savonarola's brilliance as well as the exciting and dangerous days of Renaissance Florence. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Author Information
Lauro Martines is Professor Emeritus of European History at the University of California, Los Angeles. A renowned scholar of Renaissance Italy, he now writes regularly for The Times Literary Supplement. The author of April Blood: Florence and the Plot Against the Medici, he lives in London with his wife, the novelist Julia O'Faolian. His novel of Renaissance Italy, Loredana, won the Sagittarius Prize for 2005.
