Medievalists.net » Savanarola http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Top Ten Insults against Savonarola http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/12/top-ten-insults-against-savonarola/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/12/top-ten-insults-against-savonarola/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2015 05:26:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56778 'He is a fruit quite worthy of his diabolical seed.'

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