An edition of Il formaggio e i vermi (1976)

The cheese and the worms

the cosmos of a sixteenth-century miller

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The cheese and the worms
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An edition of Il formaggio e i vermi (1976)

The cheese and the worms

the cosmos of a sixteenth-century miller

Edition with new preface.

by , , and

  • ★★★★ 4.33 ·
  • 3 Ratings
  • 71 Want to read
  • 7 Currently reading
  • 8 Have read

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.

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Johns Hopkins University Press
Language
English
Pages
180

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Subjects
Heresies, Christian, Religious life and customs, Heretics, Christian, Civilization, Church history, Peasantry, History, Trials (Heresy), Christian Heresies, Christian Heretics, Christian heresies, Peasants, Christian heretics, Modern period, Italian literature, translations into english, Historia, Herejias y herejes, Campesinado, Cosmology, Usos y costumbres, Frioul, Italie, Hérésies et hérétiques, Paysannerie, Vie religieuse, Histoire religieue, Civilisation, Italie Frioul, Europe, history, 1492-1648, Inquisição, Igreja (história), Heresia, Peasants, italy, Christian sects, Italy, civilization, Italy, church history, Italy, social life and customs, Theology, doctrinal, Heresies and heretics, modern period, 1500-, Biography, Inquisition, Religion populaire, Hérésie, Procès, Fiction, general, Biochemistry, Macromolecular Substances, Macromolecules, Polymers, Scandella, domenico , 1532-1599, Peasants--italy--friuli, Christian heresies--history, Christian heresies--history--modern period, 1500-, Christian heresies--italy--friuli, Br877.f74 g5613
People
Menocchio, Domenico Scandella (1532-1601)
Places
Udine (Italy : Province), Italy, Udine (Province), Udine, Italie, Frioul, Itália
Times
Modern period, 1500-, 16th century, 1500-(Période moderne)

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The cheese and the worms: the cosmos of a sixteenth-century miller
2013, Johns Hopkins University Press
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Cover of: O queijo e os vermes
O queijo e os vermes: o cotidiano e as ideias de um moleiro perseguido pela inquisiçao
2008, Companhia das Letras
in Portuguese - 2® reimpressão.
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Cover of: El Queso y Los Gusanos / The Cheese and the Worms
El Queso y Los Gusanos / The Cheese and the Worms
September 1997, Muchnik
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Cover of: The Cheese and the Worms
The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller
March 1, 1992, The Johns Hopkins University Press
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The cheese and the worms: the cosmos of a sixteenth-century miller
1982, Penguin Books
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Cover of: Le fromage et les vers
Le fromage et les vers: l'univers d'un meunier du XVIe siècle
1980, Flammarion
in French
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Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1.Menocchio
2.The town
3.First interrogation
4."Possessed?"
5.From Concordia to Portogruaro
6."To speak out against his superiors"
7.An archaic society
8."They oppress the poor"
9."Lutherans" and Anabaptists
10.A miller, a painter, a buffoon
11."My opinions came out of my head"
12.The books
13.Readers of the town
14.Printed pages and "fantastic opinions"
15.Blind alley?
16.The temple of the virgins
17.The funeral of the Madonna
18.The father of Christ
19.Judgment day
20.Mandeville
21.Pigmies and cannibals
22."God of nature"
23.The three rings
24.Written culture and oral culture
25.Chaos
26.Dialogue
27.Mythical cheeses and real cheeses
28.The monopoly over knowledge
29.The words of the Fioretto
30.The function of metaphors
31."Master," "steward," and "workers"
32.An hypothesis
33.Peasant religion
34.The soul
35."I don't know"
Contents note continued: 36.Two spirits, seven souls, four elements
37.The flight of an idea
38.Contradictions
39.Paradise
40.A new "way of life"
41."To kill priests"
42.A "new world"
43.End of the interrogations
44.Letter to the judges
45.Rhetorical figures
46.First sentence
47.Prison
48.Return to the town
49.Denunciations
50.Nocturnal dialogue with the Jew
51.Second trial
52."Fantasies"
53."Vanities and dreams"
54."Oh great, omnipotent, and holy God..."
55."If only I had died when I was fifteen"
56.Second sentence
57.Torture
58.Scolio
59.Pellegrino Baroni
60.Two millers
61.Dominant culture and subordinate culture
62.Letters from Rome.

Edition Notes

First English translation published in 1980.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-174) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
273/.6
Library of Congress
BR877.F74 G5613 2013, BR877.F74G5613 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxiii, 180 pages
Number of pages
180

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27195764M
ISBN 10
1421409887
ISBN 13
9781421409887
LCCN
2012953215
OCLC/WorldCat
1001838397, 844727148, 1206417045

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