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The Cheese and the Worms
1976 book by Carlo Ginzburg
The Cheese and the Worms
The Cheese and the Worms (Italian: Il formaggio e i vermi) is a scholarly work by the Italian historian Carlo Ginzburg, published in 1976. The book is a notable example of the history of mentalities, microhistory, and cultural history. It has been called "probably the most popular and widely read work of microhistory". The study examines the unique religious beliefs and cosmogony of Menocchio (1532–1599), also known as Domenico Scandella, a miller from the village of Montereale in Friuli, northern Italy. He was from the peasant class, and not a learned aristocrat or man of letters; Ginzburg places him in the tradition of popular culture and pre-Christian naturalistic peasant religions. Due to his outspoken beliefs, he was declared a heresiarch (heretic) and burned at the stake during the Roman Inquisition.
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