Girolamo Savonarola Part 9: Trial by Ordeal

Girolamo Savonarola
Written By Willem Conner

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.

Political tensions in Florence reach a climax, and Savonarola is challenged to undergo a trial by fire. When the results of the trial turn public opinion decisively against him, he and his fellow monks are forced to make a desperate last stand in the monastery of San Marco.

 
Willem Conner
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