THE new edition of Professor Villari’s Savonarola, 1 which has been favorably known for a quarter of a century, includes notice of such fresh material as has come to light since its first issue, but ...

“Salem is a city in Massachusetts, not Tuscany." That truth-bomb was dropped a couple of week ago by our friends at the National Catholic Reporter—or the Fishwrap, as it’s known in orthodox circles.

Q: The chair in the photograph was a gift from my New England uncle many years ago, reputedly from an abbey or priory in or around New Hampshire. I have attached several photos, even one of the back, ...

THE PIECE: A Renaissance Revival carved oak Savonarola-inspired armchair, from about 1900, probably made in the Midwest. THE OWNER: Louise Buckley of Metairie says that she remembers being frightened ...

THE LIFE OF GIROLAMO SAVONAROLA (325 pp.)—Roberto Ridolfi, translated by Cecil Grayson—Knopf ($7.50). From the monastery he had entered a few days before, the youth wrote a letter: “For what do you ...

Eschewing a one-sided approach, Strathern (The Venetians) fashions an engrossing portrayal of the two legendary 15th-century figures who shaped Renaissance Florence: Lorenzo (the Magnificent) de’ ...

Donald Trump, false prophet. By contemporary standards, his populist power-taking may seem like genius, but through a historical lens he is an obvious plagiarist. Trump has stolen his lines and stage ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

On this day in 1497, a Dominican friar named Girolama Savonarola had a bonfire. What was lost? It was the 15th century, so it’s hard to know exactly, but “artworks, books, cosmetics, dresses and much ...