Sep

19 2016

Bonfire of the Vanities: Savonarola’s Ominous Rise To Power

1:00PM - 3:00PM  

Miles Nadal JCC
http://mnjcc.org/browse-by-interest/arts-culture/history/650-why-does-history-matter-today 750 Spadina Ave
Toronto, ON M5S 2J2
416 924 6211 info@mnjcc.org
http://www.mnjcc.org

Contact Lisa Roy
http://mnjcc.org/browse-by-interest/arts-culture/history/650-why-does-history-matter-today
416 924 6211 x155
lisar@mnjcc.org
http://www.mnjcc.org

$ Cost $ 5.00

Guest speaker: Professor Kenneth Bartlett
How did a fiery, apocalyptic preacher take control of 1490's Florence, a Renaissance city of culture, art and humanist values? How many priceless works of art were destroyed? Why did so many fall prey to his fanatical teachings? The second part of the Why Does History Matter Today lecture series.

 

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