Who was Girolamo Savonarola? How did his actions demonstrate the rising belief of individualism that was emerging at this time?
As friar, Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498) had introduced a democratic government in Florence and amassed quite a following. He was a loud critic and activist against Alexander VI and his underlings making a profit off of sacred things, being prideful, and allowing/encouraging prostitution, pornography, orgies, etc. He was offered cardinalship to go silent and refused, was denounced as friar, continued to practice, and was finally publicly executed. It is record that he hosted carnivals, where he would preach to entire crowds about the corruption and burn symbols of sin- gaming tables, pornography. His ability to amass a new-minded following in such numbers and to expose them to such intensity of criticism proves that the people were searching for leaders who were not hypocrites and could be kept in check if it became that way. His implementation of democracy is another example of the Medieval people wanting control over their leaders. Girolamo was truly an individualist who would die for the cause and spoke for many who didn’t have the opportunity to do so.
Who was Lucrezia Borgia? How does her life demonstrate the belief…show more content… When the young boy committed suicide, Martin offered forgiveness to console the family when the traditional church denied it. In this way he connected with feelings of grief and had sympathy for the family. Hanna, single mother to a crippled child, comes to him in the hopes that she has done the right thing to pay for her daughter to end up in heaven. She is very poor, and Luther, feeling sympathy for her, gives her back her money and tells her instead to have faith in God and to feed her
