The Cheese and the Worms
1976 book by Carlo Ginzburg / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Cheese and the Worms (Italian: Il formaggio e i vermi) is a scholarly work by the Italian historian Carlo Ginzburg, published in 1976. The book is a notable example of the history of mentalities and microhistory, cultural history and is "probably the most popular and widely read work of microhistory".[1][2]
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Author | Carlo Ginzburg |
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Original title | Il formaggio e i vermi |
Subject | Popular religion and the Counter-Reformation |
Genre | Microhistory, Histoire des mentalités, Cultural History |
Published | 1976 Einaudi |
Publication place | Italy |
Published in English | 1980 Routledge & Kegan Paul UK |
ISBN | 9788806153779 |
The study examines the unique religious beliefs and cosmogony of Menocchio (1532–1599), also known as Domenico Scandella, who was an Italian miller from the village of Montereale, 25 kilometers north of Pordenone in modern northern Italy. He was from the peasant class, and not a learned aristocrat or man of letters; Ginzburg places him in the tradition of popular culture and pre-Christian naturalistic peasant religions. Due to his outspoken beliefs he was declared a heresiarch (heretic) and burned at the stake during the Roman Inquisition.