Publication

1982 - Penguin Books, New York, N.Y, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

44,250 words, Guess

Page Count

177 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number81012152
  • LibraryThing21514
  • Goodreads1134050

Classifications

  • DDC273/.6
  • LCCBR877.F74 G5613 1982
  • LCCBR'877'F74'G5514

Description

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.

First Sentence

As frequently happens, this research, too, came about by chance.

Subjects

Topics

ProcèsHistoryHérésieHeresiaPolymersHistoriaPeasants

People

MenocchioDomenico Scandella (1532-1601)

Times

16th centuryModern period, 1500-1500-(Période moderne)

Other Editions

  • The cheese and the worms: the cosmos of a sixteenth-century millerPenguin Books1982-01-01
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