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Reform. Florence and Venice in the Renaissance HI320. Girolamo Savonarola (1452 – 1498). Fra Bartolomeo, Savonarola (1497). Fra Angelico, Crucifixion , San Marco. The convent of San Marco in Florence. 1494: turning point.
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Reform • Florence and Venice in the Renaissance HI320
Girolamo Savonarola (1452 – 1498) Fra Bartolomeo, Savonarola (1497)
Fra Angelico, Crucifixion, San Marco The convent of San Marco in Florence
“If you do this, your city will be glorious, because in this way it will be reformed with regard to both the spiritual and the temporal. And Florence will become richer and more powerful than ever and will extend its power to many places”
Politics and Religion • followers: piagnoni, frateschi • fanciulli = male youth groups • opponents: arrabbiati (also compagnacci)
Spiritual Renewal A bonfire of vanities by San Bernardino of Siena
Sixteenth-Century Reform • Fifth Lateran Council 1512-17 • spirituali Cardinal Gaspare Contarini (1483-1542)
1540s: another turning point • intransigenti • Jesuit Order • Inquisition • apostasy • Council of Trent Fra Bernardino Ochino (1487-64)
Catholic Reform 1564 Index of Prohibited Books