by Carlo Ginzburg · Ediciones Península · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788499424392
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In northern Italy, at the end of the 16th century, the Holy Office accuses Domenico Scandella, a miller known as Menocchio, of heresy. During his trial, Menocchio explains his vision of the cosmos, stating that the world originated from a primeval chaos, similar to the formation of cheese from milk, where worms represent angels. Through the judicial records and the analysis of Menocchio's beliefs, Carlo Ginzburg reconstructs the popular culture of the time, showing a dark and unique world that influenced the present. This book is a contemporary classic that explores popular culture and its impact on history.
Carlo Ginzburg is an Italian historian and a proponent of the field of microhistory. He is best known for The Cheese and the Worms (1976), which examined the beliefs of Italian heretic Menocchio from Friuli.
