Selected Writings of Girolamo Savonarola

Selected Writings of Girolamo Savonarola
Author: Girolamo Savonarola
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 435
Release: 2008-10-01
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0300129041

Five hundred years after his death at the stake, Girolamo Savonarola remains one of the most fascinating figures of the Italian Renaissance. This wide-ranging collection, with an introduction by historian Alison Brown, includes translations of his sermons and treatises on pastoral ministry, prophecy, politics, and moral reform, as well as the correspondence with Alexander VI that led to Savonarola’s silencing and excommunication. Also included are first-hand accounts of religio-civic festivities instigated by Savonarola and of his last moments. This collection demonstrates the remarkable extent of Savonarola’s contributions to the religious, political, and aesthetic debates of the late fifteenth century.

The Critic

The Critic
Author: Jeannette Leonard Gilder
Publisher:
Total Pages: 364
Release: 1889
Genre:
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Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing

Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing
Author: Kelly Boyd
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 864
Release: 2019-10-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 113678764X

The Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing contains over 800 entries ranging from Lord Acton and Anna Comnena to Howard Zinn and from Herodotus to Simon Schama. Over 300 contributors from around the world have composed critical assessments of historians from the beginning of historical writing to the present day, including individuals from related disciplines like Jürgen Habermas and Clifford Geertz, whose theoretical contributions have informed historical debate. Additionally, the Encyclopedia includes some 200 essays treating the development of national, regional and topical historiographies, from the Ancient Near East to the history of sexuality. In addition to the Western tradition, it includes substantial assessments of African, Asian, and Latin American historians and debates on gender and subaltern studies.

Christian Apologetics Past and Present (Volume 2, From 1500)

Christian Apologetics Past and Present (Volume 2, From 1500)
Author: William Edgar
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 754
Release: 2011-09-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433531690

Amid a revival of apologetics, "few things could be more useful than an acquaintance with how Christian faith was defended down through the ages," say the editors in their introduction to this two-part anthology. "Access to both historical and contemporary texts gives us fresh insight into how our fathers in the faith responded to the questions facing them." Volume 2 in this one-of-a-kind resource takes a sweeping look at apologetics from the Reformation to the present. Readings from twenty-six apologists, including Martin Luther, John Calvin, Blaise Pascal, Jonathan Edwards, Søren Kierkegaard, Francis Schaeffer, Alvin Plantinga, and William Lane Craig are included. With editorial commentary and questions for reflection, Christian Apologetics Past and Present will prove a valuable text for students as well as a unique resource for those interested in defending the faith.