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Carlo Ginzburg - The Cheese and The Worms
The Cheese and the Worms is a study of the popular culture in the sixteenth century as seen through the eyes of one man, a miller brought to trial during the Inquisition. Carlo Ginzburg uses the trial records of Domenico Scandella, a miller also known as Menocchio, to show how one person responded to the confusing political and religious conditions of his time. 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."
The Cheese and the Worms is a study of the popular culture in the sixteenth century as seen through the eyes of one man, a miller brought to trial during the Inquisition. Carlo Ginzburg uses the trial records of Domenico Scandella, a miller also known as Menocchio, to show how one person responded to the confusing political and religious conditions of his time. 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."
| Title in Armenian | Քարլօ Գինսբուրգ - Պանիրն ու որդերը․ ԺԶ դարու ջաղացպանի մը տեզերքը |
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| Author(s) | Carlo Ginzburg |
| Translator(s) | Minas Luryan |
| Language(s) | Western Armenian |
| Publisher(s) | Antares |
| Year | 2024 |
| Pages | 456 |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9789939982373 |
tags: Քարլօ Գինսբուրգ - Պանիրն ու որդերը․ ԺԶ դարու ջաղացպանի մը տեզերքը, Panirn u vorder@, panirn u vordere, 16rd dari jaghatspani tiezerq@
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