Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498): Fashioning of a prophet and a new Jerusalem in late fifteenth-century Florence

<p>Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498) was a Dominican mendicant of the fifteenth century who fashioned himself as a prophet. Although there were many prophets in Italy, this study argued that Savonarola primarily emulated the biblical prophets of the Old Testament. Analysis of Savonarola’s discourse was based on electronic or print translations of his sermons and other writings. War, violence, corruption of the Church, and changing forms of government led to a fear among Florentine that drove them to seek prophets. The study followed Savonarola’s early preaching, call to prophesy, self-representation as a prophet, and the height of his acceptance as a prophet followed by his decline in power and execution. Savonarola maintained his lifelong commitment to Christian reform as emanating most essentially from the individual, not the structure or doctrine of the church. Savonarola carried out his mission as a prophet by striving to create Florence as a “new Jerusalem.”</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History and Philosophy

Year dc:date.available

2021

Author dc:creator

• Remp, Ann Christiansen

Contributors dc:contributor

• Ronald Delph, PhD
• Philip Schmitz, PhD
• Mark Whitters, PhD

• fifteenth-century prophet
• Girolamo Savonarola
• History

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.emich.edu/theses/1088

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.emich.edu:theses-2463