{"product_id":"the-cheese-and-the-worms","title":"The Cheese and the Worms","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Cheese and the Worms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a study of the popular culture in the sixteenth century as seen through the eyes of one man, a miller brought to trial during the Inquisition. Carlo Ginzburg uses the trial records of Domenico Scandella, a miller also known as Menocchio, to show how one person responded to the confusing political and religious conditions of his time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor a common miller, Menocchio was surprisingly literate. In his trial testimony he made references to more than a dozen books, including the Bible, Boccaccio's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDecameron\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMandeville's Travels\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and a \"mysterious\" book that may have been the Koran. And what he read he recast in terms familiar to him, as in his own version of the creation: \"All was chaos, that is earth, air, water, and fire were mixed together; and of that bulk a mass formed―just as cheese is made out of milk―and worms appeared in it, and these were the angels.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearl Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46844761571525,"sku":"OFy50926503","price":48.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/7660\/8453\/files\/view_archive_60da124c-0fbc-443d-931e-9c766fbf7f1a.jpg?v=1788323150","url":"https:\/\/pearlpress.com.au\/products\/the-cheese-and-the-worms","provider":"Pearl Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}