Carlo Ginzburg
Historian, Author
1939 –
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Who is Carlo Ginzburg?
Carlo Ginzburg is a Italian noted historian and proponent of the field of microhistory. He is best known for Il formaggio e i vermi, which examined the beliefs of an Italian heretic, Menocchio, from Montereale Valcellina.
In 1966, he published The Night Battles, an examination of the benandanti visionary folk tradition found in 16th-century Friuli. He returned to looking at the visionary traditions of Early Modern Europe for his 1989 book Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath.
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- Born
- Apr 15, 1939
Turin - Also known as
- Гинзбург, Карло
- Parents
- Nationality
- Italy
- Profession
- Education
- University of Pisa
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on July 23, 2013
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