Hence, it was only a matter of time before a reaction was mobilized in the personality of Girolamo
Savonarola.
The insightful 1902 essay "
Savonarola" (Twelve Types) by G.
Razzi's collections provide one of the strongest contributions to the lauda genre, for not only are they key to the transmission of many fifteenth-century laude, including works by
Savonarola and travestimenti spirituali of carnival songs by Lorenzo de' Medici and others.
At the end of the 15th century, the psalm was elevated to a new level of fame: Days before his execution at the hands of Vatican agents, Florentine preacher and reformer Girolamo
Savonarola produced a bracing commentary on the work that quickly became an influential Christian text.
As Angelo wrests Gabriele's likeness from an abandoned block of marble, Gabriele aligns himself with frateschi, supporters of the republic and followers of the martyred monk,
Savonarola, and agrees to spy on the compagnacci, who are plotting to bring the Medici family back into power.
Readers will be tense with anticipation, wondering what's going on in the library and how Corbizzi's research on
Savonarola, the Renaissance religious fanatic, relates to the professor's death.
Savonarola and Savonarolism, by Stefano Dall'Aglio.