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Article: Savonarola studies in Italy on the 500th anniversary.(Italian monk and religious reformer Girolamo Savonarola, who was burned at the stake for heresy in 1498)
- Article from:
- Renaissance Quarterly
- Article date:
- June 22, 1999
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The five-hundredth anniversary of Girolamo Savonarola's death (1498-1998) was observed by scholarly, cultural, and religious communities in Italy with a variety of conferences, publications, exhibitions and even concerts. In Tuscany, in particular, the three communities joined forces and, starting as early as 1995, began to lay out a veritable smorgasbord of eventsu For the most part, these were not simply commemorative occasions, but valid scholarly endeavors firmly aimed at advancing our knowledge of this exceptional figure of late Quattrocento Italy. As a result, scholars worldwide can now reap the benefits of these initiatives which, without a doubt, have given ...