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- Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
- ISBN: 0226538540
- WAPI (Tower ID): 100978668
- Release Date: May 1, 1999
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- #36961 in History Books (See Top 100 History Books Bestsellers)
- #131 in Renaissance (See Top 100 Renaissance Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "The Preacher's Demons" by Franco Mormando to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "The Preacher's Demons"Browse more products related to "Franco Mormando"Publisher's note"When the city was filled with these bonfires, he then combed the city, and whenever he received notice of some public sodomite, he had him immediately seized and thrown into the nearest bonfire at hand and had him burned immediately." This story, of an anonymous individual who sought to cleanse medieval Paris, was part of a sermon delivered in Siena, Italy, in 1427. The speaker, the friar Bernardino (1380-1444), was one of the most important public figures of the time, and he spent forty years combing the towns of Italy, instructing, admonishing, and entertaining the crowds that gathered in prodigious numbers to hear his sermons. His story of the Parisian vigilante was a recommendation. Sexual deviants were the objects of relentless, unconditional persecution in Bernardino's sermons. Other targets of the preacher's venom were witches, Jews, and heretics. Mormando takes us into the social underworld of early Renaissance Italy to discover how one enormously influential figure helped to dramatically increase fear, hatred, and intolerance for those on society's margins. This book is the first on Bernardino to appear in thirty-five years, and the first ever to consider the preacher's inflammatory role in Renaissance social issues. The friar Bernardino (1380-1444) spent forty years instructing, admonishing, and entertaining crowds that gathered in prodigious numbers to hear his sermons, of which sexual deviants, witches, Jews, and heretics were the objects of unconditional persecution. Mormando takes us into the social underworld of early Renaissance Italy to discover how one enormously influential figure helped to dramatically increase fear, hatred, an intolerance for those on society's margins. If You Enjoy "The Preacher's Demons (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "The Preacher's Demons (Hardcover)" by Franco Mormando (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Renaissance Bestsellers
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