Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. A Note on Usages xi
5. Prologue 1
6. Chapter 1. The Making of a Moralist 7
7. Chapter 2. The Making of a Preacher 16
8. Chapter 3. The Making of a Prophet 28
9. Chapter 4. Florence and the Medici 42
10. Chapter 5. The Magnificent Lorenzo 54
11. Chapter 6. Bologna to Florence 64
12. Chapter 7. Lo, the Sword of God! 75
13. Chapter 8. The New Cyrus 94
14. Chapter 9. Liberty! 105
15. Chapter 10. The Ark and the Flood 115
16. Chapter 11. Toward the New Jerusalem 132
17. Chapter 12. The Virgin and the Republic of Virtue 148
18. Chapter 13. The Pope Summons 164
19. Chapter 14. Obstacles to the Spirit 174
20. Chapter 15. Mobilizing the Children 183
21. Chapter 16. I Can’t Live without Preaching 196
22. Chapter 17. The Tail Acquires a Head 209
23. Chapter 18. Burning the Vanities 217
24. Chapter 19. Excommunicated! 226
25. Chapter 20. Defiance 241
26. Chapter 21. Exodus 250
27. Chapter 22. Trial by Fire 267
28. Chapter 23. Despair and Hope 277
29. Chapter 24. Silence 293
30. Chapter 25. Echoes 298
31. Chapter 26. Afterwords 311
32. Notes 319
33. Selected Bibliography 363
34. Index 369