Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method

Name: Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method
Author: Carlo Ginzburg

by Carlo Ginzburg

Essays on evidence, interpretation, and method in historical research

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Carlo Ginzburg

Ginzburg's microhistory — exemplified in The Cheese and the Worms — recovers the worldview of a 16th-century miller through Inquisition records to illuminate a cosmos of popular culture invisible to traditional history. He is the most influential practitioner of microhistory.

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The Cheese and the WormsMicrohistory of a sixteenth-century miller accused of heresy by Inquisition
Night BattlesStudy of witchcraft and nocturnal rituals in sixteenth-century Italian villages
The Enigma of PieroArt historical analysis of Piero della Francesca's paintings and their meanings
EcstasiesHistory of ecstatic religious experiences, shamanism, and witchcraft across cultures