Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Cheese and the WormsCondition: NewEAN: 9781421409887ISBN: 9781421409887Publisher: Johns Hopkins University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 12/10/2013Language: ItalianItem Height: 235mmItem Length: 156mmItem Width: 15mmItem Weight: 340gAuthor: Carlo GinzburgSubtitle: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century MillerISBN-10: 1421409887Description: The Cheese and the Worms is an incisive study of popular culture in the sixteenth century as seen through the eyes of one man, the miller known as Menocchio, who was accused of heresy during the Inquisition and sentenced to death. Carlo Ginzburg uses the trial records to illustrate the religious and social conflicts of the society Menocchio lived in. For a common miller, Menocchio was surprisingly literate. In his trial testimony he made references to more than a dozen books, including the Bible, Boccaccio's Decameron, Mandeville's Travels, and a "mysterious" book that may have been the Koran. And what he read he recast in terms familiar to him, as in his own version of the creation: "All was chaos, that is earth, air, water, and fire were mixed together; and of that bulk a mass formed-just as cheese is made out of milk-and worms appeared in it, and these were the angels." Ginzburg's influential book has been widely regarded as an early example of the analytic, case-oriented approach known as microhistory. In a thoughtful new preface, Ginzburg offers his own corollary to Menocchio's story as he considers the discrepancy between the intentions of the writer and what gets written.The Italian miller's story and Ginzburg's work continue to resonate with modern readers because they focus on how oral and written culture are inextricably linked. Menocchio's 500-year-old challenge to authority remains evocative and vital today.Country/Region of Manufacture: USTranslator: John Tedeschi, Anne C. TedeschiContributor: John Tedeschi (Translated by), Carlo Ginzburg (Preface by), Anne C. Tedeschi (Translated by)Genre: Philosophy & SpiritualityTopic: Law & Politics, HistoryRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Cheese and the Worms
Title: The Cheese and the Worms
EAN: 9781421409887
ISBN: 9781421409887
Release Date: 12/10/2013
Release Year: 2013
Subtitle: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller
ISBN-10: 1421409887
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Translator: Anne C. Tedeschi
Contributor: Anne C. Tedeschi (Translated by)
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: History
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Cheese and the Worms : the Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2013
Subject: Historiography, Europe / Italy, Christian Church / History, Religious, Christianity / Denominations, Europe / Renaissance, Customs & Traditions, Sociology / Rural
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.1 Oz
Item Length: 9.4 in
Author: Carlo Ginzburg
Subject Area: Religion, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Width: 7.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
