Girolamo Savonarola letter to his father spelled out the corruption that he believed was destroying the city of Florence along with many other Italian cities. Savonarola believed it was his duty to save the city of Florence and rebuild it in his own idealized image. When Savonarola intervened in the conquest of Charles VIII of France, the Florentines believed Savonarola was their savor, expelling their rulers and formed a republic in 1494. Fra Savonarola believed that Florence would become this new religious center, free from these so called vices that Savonarola had deemed so harmful to the ideal citizen of Florence. With Savonarola in control of the reshaping, he could mold the city into a "richer, more powerful, more glorious than ever". With these ideals, Savonarola believed that he could shape Florence image into a New Jerusalem, were those how lived there would be free of sin, committed to the ways of the lord. Coupled with the idea that Savonarola could bring salvation back to the Florentine people , Machiavelli had studied their blind
Girolamo Savonarola letter to his father spelled out the corruption that he believed was destroying the city of Florence along with many other Italian cities. Savonarola believed it was his duty to save the city of Florence and rebuild it in his own idealized image. When Savonarola intervened in the conquest of Charles VIII of France, the Florentines believed Savonarola was their savor, expelling their rulers and formed a republic in 1494. Fra Savonarola believed that Florence would become this new religious center, free from these so called vices that Savonarola had deemed so harmful to the ideal citizen of Florence. With Savonarola in control of the reshaping, he could mold the city into a "richer, more powerful, more glorious than ever". With these ideals, Savonarola believed that he could shape Florence image into a New Jerusalem, were those how lived there would be free of sin, committed to the ways of the lord. Coupled with the idea that Savonarola could bring salvation back to the Florentine people , Machiavelli had studied their blind