Savonarola´s bigger theocracy

Savonarola manages to further exploit King Charles of France to pacify Italy and actually get rid of the Borgias (instead of the Borgias forming an alliance to let the French to withdraw from Italy) ? What if Savonarola rules all most of Italy including the Papal States as a big theocracy and maybe uses Charles as a further tool, too. Savonarola and his growing movement of faith militants implement their religious laws everywhere else in Italy and ending effectivily the Renaissance.
 

Skallagrim

Banned
Two words: never happening.

Charles has exactly no interest in letting Savonarola get his way. charles doesn't want batshit crazy theocracy of wealth-hating flagellants running Italy. He wants to have as much power over Italy as he can get for himself. Savonarola will only even be an instrument in the scheme of making that happen. As soon as it's done, Charles will get rid of that pesky fanatic.

Maybe, just maybe, Charles would use Savonarola as a further instrument. Let him run loose for a bit, so the Italian aristocracy gets worried about it. And then he'll still get rid of the fanatic (killing him just like the Borgia Pope did), and using that incident to curry favour with the Italians. ("See how I removed that madman for you? Remember it.")
 
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