Selected writings of Girolamo Savonarola: religion and politics, 1490-1498

Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword by Giuseppe Mazzotta

Acknowledgments by Donald Beebe

Introduction by Alison Brown

Text Sources

Biblical Abbreviations and Equivalencies

PASTORAL MINISTRY

Amos and Zacharias, Sermon XLIV (The Art of Living Well): Good Friday, 1 April 1496

Ruth and Micheas, Sermon XXVIII, “The Art of Dying Well�: All Souls� Day, 2 November 1496

PROPHECY

Psalms, Sermon III, “Renovation Sermon�: Octave of the Epiphany, 13 January 1495

A Dialogue concerning Prophetic Truth, 1496�97

POLITICS

Aggeus, Sermon VII (On Social Order): First Sunday of Advent, 28 November 1494Aggeus, Sermon XIII (The Venetian Model for Republican Florence): Third Sunday of Advent, 12 December 1494

Aggeus, Sermon XXIII (Florence, God�s Chosen City): 28 December 1494

Treatise on the Rule and Government of the City of Florence: 1498?

MORAL REFORM I

Carnival: 16 February 1496

Luca Landucci, A Florentine Diary: 16�29 February

Letter from Paolo de Somenzi to Lodovico Sforza, Duke of Milan: 16 February 1496

Pseudo-Burlamacchi, La vita del Beato Ieronimo Savonarola

Palm Sunday Procession/Monte di Pietà : 27 March 1496Amos and Zacharias, Sermon XL

Girolamo Benivieni, “Viva ne nostri cuori, o Florentia�

Luca Landucci, A Florentine Diary: 27 March 1496

Piero Parenti, Storia fiorentina

Pseudo-Burlamacchi, La vita del Beato Ieronimo Savonarola

Bonfire of Vanities I: 7 February 1497

Girolamo Benivieni, “Da che tu ci hai, Signore�

Piero Parenti, Storia fiorentina

Iacopo Nardi, Istorie della città di Firenze

Pseudo-Burlamacchi, La vita del Beato Ieronimo Savonarola

SILENCING AND EXCOMMUNICATION

SilencingLetter from Pope Alexander VI to Savonarola: 21 July 1495

Letter from Savonarola to Pope Alexander VI: 31 July 1495

Letter from Pope Alexander VI to the Brothers of Santa Croce: 8 September 1495

Letter from Savonarola to Pope Alexander VI: 29 September 1495

Letter from Pope Alexander VI to Savonarola: 16 October 1495

Open Letter to a Friend: end of 1495

Excommunication

Open Letter to All the Elect: 8 May 1497

Letter from Savonarola to Pope Alexander VI: 20 May 1497

Open Letter to All Christians: 19 June 1497

Letter from Savonarola to Pope Alexander VI: 25 June 1497Open Letter against the Recently Imposed Sentence of Excommunication: end of June 1497

Letter from Savonarola to Pope Alexander VI: 13 October 1497

Letter from Savonarola to Pope Alexander VI: 13 [3] March 1498

Alternate Version

MORAL REFORM II

Bonfire of Vanities II: 27 February 1498

Exodus, Sermon III: Quinquagesima Sunday, 25 February 1498

Luca Landucci, A Florentine Diary: 27 February 1498

Piero Parenti, Storia fiorentina

Iacopo Nardi, Istorie della città di Firenze