Donald Weinstein

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Weinstein's biography of Savonarola is cited multiple times throughout the episode, including his analysis that it was clear from about 1490 onwards that the French were coming, and his interpretation that Savonarola genuinely believed he was guilty during his confessions under torture.

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Dominic describes this as 'an absolutely brilliant book by an American scholar, the late Donald Weinstein' that 'digs behind all the myths that you see in the popular histories' and says he depended very much on it, recommending it to listeners.