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Other avocations and severer studies afterwards diverted him from these more
ephemeral literary pursuits , but again towards the close of his life , when the
completion of the History of Latin Chris tianity ' had restored him to comparative ...
Other avocations and severer studies afterwards diverted him from these more
ephemeral literary pursuits , but again towards the close of his life , when the
completion of the History of Latin Chris tianity ' had restored him to comparative ...
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But the new Pope was no longer hostile ; he was in close alliance with Florence
and the House of Medici ; his son was married to a daughter of Lorenzo . In a
wellknown letter Lorenzo ( so much had the advancement of the Pope ' s kindred
...
But the new Pope was no longer hostile ; he was in close alliance with Florence
and the House of Medici ; his son was married to a daughter of Lorenzo . In a
wellknown letter Lorenzo ( so much had the advancement of the Pope ' s kindred
...
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The sphere of his first efforts was a close hall , of moderate dimensions . The
whole body of friars within the convent , and pious hearers from without , crowded
the narrow room ; he descended into the garden of the convent , C . 2 The letter ...
The sphere of his first efforts was a close hall , of moderate dimensions . The
whole body of friars within the convent , and pious hearers from without , crowded
the narrow room ; he descended into the garden of the convent , C . 2 The letter ...
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Women , when he rebuked their immodest attire , appeared in dark close dresses
. One man , as he left the church , hastened to make restitution of three thousand
ducats . The year had not passed when Savonarola stood by the deathbed of ...
Women , when he rebuked their immodest attire , appeared in dark close dresses
. One man , as he left the church , hastened to make restitution of three thousand
ducats . The year had not passed when Savonarola stood by the deathbed of ...
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Piero de ' Medici had entered into close confederacy with the King of Naples ,
whose throne Charles VIII . claimed as his own . Piero de ' Medici might have
resolutely maintained or might have repudiated the Neapolitan alliance : like all
weak ...
Piero de ' Medici had entered into close confederacy with the King of Naples ,
whose throne Charles VIII . claimed as his own . Piero de ' Medici might have
resolutely maintained or might have repudiated the Neapolitan alliance : like all
weak ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Savonarola, Erasmus, and Other Essays Quarterly Review |
| Author | Henry Hart Milman |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1870 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 16 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 500 pages |
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