Cheese and the Worms

The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller

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Carlo Ginzburg, Anne C. Tedeschi, John Tedeschi: Cheese and the Worms (2013, Johns Hopkins University Press)

English language

Published 2013 by Johns Hopkins University Press.

ISBN:
978-1-4214-0989-4
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Offers a study of 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. This book illustrates the confusing political and religious conditions of the time.

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Subjects

  • Peasants, italy
  • Italy, church history
  • Italy, civilization
  • Italy, social life and customs
  • Theology, doctrinal