The golden days of the renaissance in Rome, from the pontificate of Julius II to that of Paul III (1906)
Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo, 1847-1929 · Boston; New York : Houghton, Mifflin and company · leaf 260
of what they calledthe moral downfall ofthe papacy, they selectedas representative of theirextremist views the fig-ure of Bruno, who hadbeen burned at the stakein the same market-placeof Campo de Fiori. Thechoice Avas not a happyone, and the absurdityof the plan will be mani-fest to any one who… … J14 \ITT()i:i.\ roLoXXA for aiiv (|ii(s(i(m coniuctiMl with tluMloctriiies of the church,but for its mural puritii-ation. I must now invcsti<;ate another j)oint of the controversy,witli which Vittoria Colonna is personally connected; namely,the inriuence wliitli Kenee tie France and Calvm may…
