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A sixteenth‐century Russian Vita of Girolamo Savonarola
Author(s) -
Akopyan Ovanes
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
renaissance studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.117
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1477-4658
pISSN - 0269-1213
DOI - 10.1111/rest.12658
Subject(s) - classics , history , genealogy , literature , art
The article provides an annotated edition and an English translation of a sixteenth‐century Russian vita of Girolamo Savonarola composed in Muscovy by one of his followers, Maximus the Greek. This text is to be considered a unique document, which illustrates the extent to which Savonarolan ideas spread across Europe after his trial.