Donald Weinstein

Donald Weinstein (March 13, 1926 – December 13, 2015) was an American Renaissance historian.

Life

He was born in Rochester, New York. He studied at Denison College. He served in the Army in World War II. He was awarded a Bronze Star. He graduated from the University of Chicago. He studied at the University of Florence.^[1]

He was a professor at University of Arizona from 1978 until 1992. He married Beverly Parker, in 1979.^[2]

Works

• Savonarola and Florence: Prophecy and Patriotism in the Renaissance, Princeton University Press, 1970, ISBN 9780691051840
• Savonarola: The Rise and Fall of a Renaissance Prophet. Yale University Press. 22 November 2011. ISBN 978-0-300-11193-4.
• Donald Weinstein; Rudolph M. Bell (15 January 2010). Saints and Society: The Two Worlds of Western Christendom, 1000-1700. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-89057-9.

References

1. Grimes, William (2015-12-30). "Donald Weinstein, Influential Historian on the Renaissance, Dies at 89". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
2. "Local activist, Italian Renaissance historian Donald Weinstein dies". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 2016-01-06.