The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller
A pioneering microhistory that reconstructs the beliefs of a sixteenth-century Italian miller through inquisitorial records, revealing how ordinary people understood religion and the universe.
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This book presents a detailed study of the ideas and worldview of a sixteenth-century miller from Italy.
It examines how ordinary people in early modern Europe formed their own interpretations of religion and the cosmos.
The work draws on historical records to reconstruct the intellectual life of an individual outside elite circles.
It highlights the interaction between popular culture and official religious doctrine during the period.
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