Bonfire of the vanities
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title:
Bonfire of the vanities
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A bonfire of the vanities is a burning of objects condemned by religious authorities as occasions of sin. The phrase itself usually refers to the bonfire of 7 February 1497, when supporters of the Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola collected and burned thousands of objects such as cosmetics, art, and books in the public square of Florence, Italy, on the occasion of Shrove Tuesday, martedà grasso. Francesco Guicciardini's The History of Florence gives a firsthand account of the 1497 Florentine b
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Religiously-motivated burning in 1497 of objects believed to lead to sin
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonfire_of_the_vanities
date created:
2004-02-11T03:11:44Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T19:05:39Z
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