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The Medieval Church · 1497
The Triumph of the Cross
Girolamo Savonarola · 1452–1498
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What it is
A defence of Christianity by reason alone, arranged around the image of a triumphal chariot bearing Christ, written at the height of the author's power in Florence.
Why it lasted
Evidence that the friar remembered for burning vanities was also a careful theologian; the book was admired long after he was hanged and burned.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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