The Elect Nation: The Savonarolan Movement in Florence 1494-1545 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780199206001)

The Elect Nation is the first comprehensive study of the religious, political and cultural movement inspired by Savonarola. Based on a thorough examination of archival material and manuscript sources, the book argues that the followers of Savonarola exercised a profound influence on every facet of Florentine life during the important period of the city's transition from republic to principate. It is the author's contention that their ideology and activities provide the key to understanding not only the political developments of the last years of the Florentine Republic, but also the nature of contemporary political debate and the characteristics of the merging Medicean Principate.


Author: Lorenzo Polizzotto
ISBN-10: 0199206007
ISBN-13: 9780199206001
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Language: English
Published: 02/09/1995
Pages: 502
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.73lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.25d