Excerpt from Jerome Savonarola: A SketchThis little volume is issued in commemoration of the fourth centenary of the death of Jerome Savonarola, who was executed on May 23, 1498. I have not approached the subject with any notion of presenting the famous preacher in a new light, nor have I written for scholars to whom the c0pi ous literature on Savonarola is available, but for those to whom many of these works may not be accessible. In the first part of this sketch the public career of Savonarola is presented after the manner of a chronicle, in the second part I have endeavored to give a picture of the man, illus trated by his own writings, which are considered in an appendix.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.