The Pope’s Greatest Adversary

The Pope’s Greatest Adversary
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Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Total Pages : 197
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ISBN-10 : 9781526724458
ISBN-13 : 1526724456
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis The Pope’s Greatest Adversary by : Samantha Morris

On 24 May 1497 Girolamo Savonarola was led out to a scaffold in the middle of the Piazza della Signoria. Crowds gathered around and watched as he was publically humiliated before being hanged and burned. But what did this man do that warranted such a horrendous death? Born on 21 September 1458 in Ferrara, Girolamo Savonarola would join the Dominican order of friars and find his way to the city of Florence. Run by the Medici family, the city was used to opulence and fast living but when the unassuming Dominican showed up, the people were unaware that he was about to take their world by storm. Preaching before the people of Florence to an increasingly packed out Cathedral, Savonarola came to be called a prophet. And when Charles VIII invaded Italy with his French army, one of his so called prophecies came true. It was enough for the people to sit up and take note, allowing this man to become the defacto ruler of Florence. Except Girolamo Savonarola made one very fatal mistake – he made an enemy of Alexander VI, the Borgia Pope, by preaching against his corruption and attempting to overthrow him. It would prove to be his ultimate undoing – the Pope turned the Florentines who had so loved the friar against him and he ended his days hanging above a raging inferno.

The Pope's Greatest Adversary

The Pope's Greatest Adversary
Author :
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Total Pages : 208
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1526724448
ISBN-13 : 9781526724441
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis The Pope's Greatest Adversary by : Samantha Morris

On 24 May 1497 Girolamo Savonarola was led out to a scaffold in the middle of the Piazza della Signoria. Crowds gathered around and watched as he was publically humiliated before being hanged and burned. But what did this man do that warranted such a horrendous death? Born on 21 September 1458 in Ferrara, Girolamo Savonarola would join the Dominican order of friars and find his way to the city of Florence. Run by the Medici family, the city was used to opulence and fast living but when the unassuming Dominican showed up, the people were unaware that he was about to take their world by storm. Preaching before the people of Florence to an increasingly packed out Cathedral, Savonarola came to be called a prophet. And when Charles VIII invaded Italy with his French army, one of his so called prophecies came true. It was enough for the people to sit up and take note, allowing this man to become the defacto ruler of Florence. Except Girolamo Savonarola made one very fatal mistake - he made an enemy of Alexander VI, the Borgia Pope, by preaching against his corruption and attempting to overthrow him. It would prove to be his ultimate undoing - the Pope turned the Florentines who had so loved the friar against him and he ended his days hanging above a raging inferno.

The War in Bosnia

The War in Bosnia
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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages : 176
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781524560096
ISBN-13 : 152456009X
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis The War in Bosnia by : Muhamed Borogovac

Boston, November 5, 1995 The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina is an unheard-of tragedy. Before the eyes of the entire world, a state is being destroyed, and the people (population) of a nation are suffering the genocide and ethnic cleansing. All the principles of humanity, morals, and international rules have been trampled. The question most often asked is, how could that happen today when the genocide committed during World War II is so well known (the Holocaust) and when the international community had the will and the means to protect the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina? The international community has shown that it is not the enemy of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and that it accepts this state into its membership when it recognized the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina on April 7, 1992. With that act, the international community stood up against the Serbian nationalism, which only started to bloody its hands in Bosnia and Herzegovina. So how come that in the fall of 1995, after the innumerable atrocities committed by the Serbs revolted the world, the international community crossed over to the side of the war criminals, giving them 49 percent of Bosnia and Herzegovina with its Dayton peace proposals? Who was the mastermind who succeeded to change the world opinion and what methods did he use? This book answers some of those questions. The reading of this book has to be approached with having faith in no one but a common sense. Besides that, from the reader who comprehends what is truly happening in Bosnia, it is expected that he/she spreads the truth. The ultimate goal is to help in the fight against the forces of betrayal and the division of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Wishing to arm the Bosnian patriots as soon as possible with the knowledge of what is really happening, this book is being written in a hurry. I still hope that this book will reach Bosnians and friends of Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina all over the world before it is too late and while it is still possible to say no to the division of a member of the United Nations.

Lectures on Faith & Fatherland

Lectures on Faith & Fatherland
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 304
Release :
ISBN-10 : BL:A0023143117
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis Lectures on Faith & Fatherland by : Thomas Nicolas Burke

The Pictorial History of England

The Pictorial History of England
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 974
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:HWNHQV
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (QV Downloads)

Synopsis The Pictorial History of England by : George Lillie Craik

The History of Great Britain

The History of Great Britain
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 468
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ISBN-10 : OXFORD:555057827
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis The History of Great Britain by : Robert Henry