SAVONAROLA, Girolama, 1452-1498, Dominican friar, preacher and governor of Florence

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 ARC 004
Held at	: British Library of Political and Economic Science   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library ›
Full 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 & 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.

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Sep 2000