IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0097 ARC 004
Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science
Title: SAVONAROLA, Girolama, 1452-1498, Dominican friar, preacher and governor of Florence
Date(s): [1498]
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 4 leaves
Name of creator(s): Savonarola | Girolama | 1452-1498 | Dominican friar, preacher, and governor of Florence
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born 1452; Dominican friar; lecturer in the Convent of San Marco, Florence, 1482, gaining a reputation for learning and asceticism; gave prophetic sermons, proposing the reform of the church and speaking against Lorenzo de' Medici; became the leader of Florence following the overthrow of the Medici, setting up a democratic republic; following numerous attempts by the Holy League to undermine his power, he was hanged and burned in 1498.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Printed treatise on the government of Florence, [1498], by Girolama Savonarola, entitled Tractato di frate Hieronymo da Ferrara dell ordine de predicatori circa el reggimento & governo della Citta di Firenze composto ad instantia delli excelsi Signori al tempo di Giuliano Salviati Gonfaloniere di Iustitia, [published by Bartolommeo de'Libri, Florence, 1498].
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Single item.
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No copyright restrictions.
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On-line catalogue available.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Sep 2000