Editing Ferrara (section)

===Religion===
[[File:Taddeo crivelli, bibbia di borso d'este 23.jpg|thumb|left|A page from [[Borso d'Este Bible]]]]
Ferrara gave birth to [[Girolamo Savonarola]], the famous medieval [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] priest and leader of [[Florence]] from 1494 until his execution in 1498. He was known for his [[book burning]], destruction of what he considered immoral art, and hostility to the [[Renaissance]]. He vehemently preached against the moral corruption of much of the clergy at the time, and his main opponent was [[Pope Alexander VI]] (Rodrigo Borgia).

During the time that [[Renée of France]] was Duchess of Ferrara, her court attracted Protestant thinkers such as [[John Calvin]] and [[Olympia Fulvia Morata]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Robin|first1=Diana Maury|title=Encyclopedia of women in the Renaissance: Italy, France, and England|last2=Larsen|first2=Anne R|last3=Levin|first3=Carole|publisher=ABC-CLIO, Inc.|year=2007|isbn=|location=|pages=269}}</ref> The court became hostile to Protestant sympathizers after the marriage of Renée's daughter Anna d'Este to the fervently Catholic Duke of Guise.