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Florence: Savonarola's Rule and the Bonfire of the Vanities (1494–1498)

Florence: Savonarola's Rule and the Bonfire of the Vanities (1494–1498)

  1. Charles VIII’s invasion destabilizes Medici Florence

    Labels: Charles VIII, Medici Florence

  2. Piero de’ Medici is driven from Florence

    Labels: Piero de', Florence Republic

  3. Charles VIII enters Florence under tense negotiation

    Labels: Charles VIII, Savonarola

  4. Florence creates the Great Council republican system

    Labels: Great Council, Consiglio Maggiore

  5. Papal pressure grows after Florence’s pro-French stance

    Labels: Pope Alexander, Florence

  6. Bonfire of the Vanities transforms public moral policy

    Labels: Bonfire of, Savonarola

  8. Savonarola returns to preaching despite the ban

    Labels: Savonarola, Piagnoni

  9. Ordeal-by-fire fiasco triggers political collapse

    Labels: Ordeal by, Savonarola

  10. Riot at San Marco leads to Savonarola’s arrest

    Labels: San Marco, Savonarola

  11. Papal commissioners finalize verdict and sentencing

    Labels: Papal commissioners, Ecclesiastical court

  12. Savonarola is hanged and burned in Piazza della Signoria

    Labels: Savonarola, Piazza della