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“The Cheese and the Worms” by Ginzburg | Book Review (2019x9)

Air date: Mar 13, 2019

Ginzberg explores a 16th century Italian miller’s heretical beliefs. That’s all it is, but it goes fascinatingly in-depth. The miller, by the name of Domenico Scandella or simply Menocchio, possessed a surprisingly silly theology. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Carlo Ginzburg, The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller, translated by John Tedeschi and Anne Tedeschi, New Ed. (1976; London, UK: Penguin Books Ltd, 1982). https://amzn.to/2SQnoj1 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: The Cheese and the Worms (Italian: Il formaggio e i vermi) is a scholarly work by the Italian historian Carlo Ginzburg. The book is a notable example of cultural history, the history of mentalities and microhistory.[citation needed] The book examines the beliefs and world-view of Menocchio (1532–1599), also known as Domenico Scandella, who was an Italian miller from the village of Montereale, twenty-five kilometers north of Pordenone. His philosophical teachings earned him the title of a heresiarch during the Inquisition and he was eventually burned at the stake in 1599, at the age of 67, on orders of Pope Clement VIII ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #Menocchio #microhistory #Ginzburg #Review #history