Ideologies / Autocratic Theocrat / Girolamo Savonarola
§ The minds · 1452–1498 · Florence · Friar & ruler
Girolamo Savonarola
Bonfire of the vanities
A friar's puritan republic.
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Governance+90
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social−82
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The Dominican friar who seized moral control of Renaissance Florence, staging the 'bonfire of the vanities' before the city turned on him.
social
Apocalyptic religious austerity; burned art and books.
economic
Anti-luxury, anti-usury moral economy.
governance
Dominated Florence as a theocratic moral dictator.
Notable for
- Ruled Florence as a theocracy
- The Bonfire of the Vanities
- Excommunicated and executed
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