Excerpt from Was Savonarola Really Excommunicated?: An InquiryWith this end in View I have spared ho pains to make myself familiar With all the documents bearing on the case. My task was rendered oom parativelyaeasy by the work of Italian and French scholars who have made the special study of Savonarola the object of their devoted labor for many years. In mentioning the names of Marchese, Cappelli, Gherardi, Cittadella, Guasti, Villari, Laotto, among others, I refer to men Who have vindicated the truth as contemporary letters, despatches, and documents of Savonarola's time and his own authentic writings have revealed it. Father Louis Ferretti, editor of the Italian Maga zine Quarto Centenario della Morte di Fm Giro lamo Savonwola, has also rendered praiseworthy service in the same good cause. To Father Fer retti I am greatly indebted for unfailing courtesy and for generous help in making researches for me in Florence.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.