The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy
Chapter 43
RELIGION IN DAILY LIFE.
Lack of a reformation 457
Relations of the Italian to the Church 457
Hatred of the hierarchy and the monks 458
The mendicant orders 462
The Dominican Inquisition 462
The higher monastic orders 463
Sense of dependence on the Church 465
The preachers of repentance 466
Girolamo Savonarola 473
Pagan elements in popular belief 479
Faith in reliques 481
Mariolatry 483
Oscillations in public opinion 485
Epidemic religious revivals 485
Their regulation by the police at Ferrara 487