Girolamo Savonarola Part 5: Building a New Jerusalem
Cover Image: Portrait of a Dominican, presumed to be Savonarola. Painting by Moretto da Brescia, 1524.
Closing Theme: "Dies Irae" performed by the Monastic Choir of the Grimbergen Abbey.
The Medici have been expelled from Florence and the French army occupies the city. As the citizens of Florence begin the long process of forming a new republican government, they once more seek the guidance of Savonarola, who aspired to turn the city into a "New Jerusalem."
