Roberto Ridolfi
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Member of Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Director of "National Editions of the Works of Savonarola." Director, La Bibliofilia, 1944β82. Author of Life of Machiavelli and others.
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Girolamo Savonarola was an Italian Christian preacher, reformer, and martyr, renowned for his clash with tyrannical rulers and corrupt clergy. After the overthrow of the Medici in 1494, Savonarola was the sole leader of Florence, setting up a democratic republic. His chief enemies were the duke ofβ¦
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