Girolamo Savonarola / 萨沃纳罗拉

Girolamo Savonarola / 萨沃纳罗拉 appears in 72.君主论：读它是一场危险的冒险 as a religious-political ruler of Florence after Lorenzo de’ Medici’s death and the French invasion. The episode describes his severe moral regime, including bans on drinking and gambling and the destruction of artworks, clothing, and cosmetics.

Savonarola’s rise and execution become evidence for the episode’s claim that popular belief is powerful but unstable. A leader can mobilize faith and moral fervor, yet the same crowd can turn when the spell breaks.

Connections

• Florentine Republic / 佛罗伦萨共和国 - restored after Savonarola’s fall.
• House of Medici / 美第奇家族 - power whose absence created the opening for Savonarola.
• Niccolo Machiavelli / 马基雅维利 - thinker shaped by the spectacle of religious rule, public belief, and collapse.
• Machiavellian Realism and Good Intentions Political Limits - concepts sharpened by the difference between moral zeal and durable order.