Sacrilege and Redemption in Renaissance Florence : The Case of Antonio Rinaldeschi

Connell, William J., Constable, Giles

ISBN 10: 0772720304 / ISBN 13: 9780772720306

Verlag: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 2005

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In Florence, in the summer of 1501, a man named Antonio Rinaldeschi was arrested and hanged after throwing horse dung at an outdoor painting of the Virgin Mary. His punishment was severe, even for the times, and the crimes with which he was formally charged, gambling, blasphemy and attempted suicide, did not normally warrant the death penalty.

_Sacrilege and Redemption in Renaissance Florence_ unveils a series of newly discovered sources concerning this striking episode. The authors show how the political and religious context of Renaissance Florence resulted both in Rinaldeschi's death sentence and in the creation by the followers of Savonarola of a new religious devotion, in the heart of the city, commemorating the event.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: William J. Connell, professor of history, holds the Joseph M. and Geraldine C. La Motta Chair in Italian Studies and directs the Charles and Joan Alberto Italian Studies Institute at Seton Hall University.

Giles Constable is retired professor of history at the Institute for Advanced Study and former H.C. Lea Professor of Medieval History at Harvard University and director of Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C.

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Titel: Sacrilege and Redemption in Renaissance ...
Verlag: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies
Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Fine