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Chapter 142 Good Book Recommendation "Cheese and Maggots"

I'm currently reading a microhistory book, "Cheese and Maggots" by Carlo Ginzberg.

The general content of the book is, "Domenico Scandeira was a miller who, after a life of near obscurity, was burned at the stake by order of the Inquisition.

…He does not believe in Christ's redemption, doubts the text of the Bible, and ridicules the baptism of the sacraments as a mere business.He says God is a ray of air and sees angels as maggots in cheese.He loudly condemned the priests and nobles who oppressed the poor, and called on the church to give up its privileges and return to poverty..."

This book is the book "Cheese and Maggots" written by Ginzberg when he accidentally discovered Domenico's court trial records in the library when he was looking through old materials.

More than five centuries have passed since Domenico's case, and many of its ideas seem interesting today.

In that era when knowledge was extremely monopolized, it was so difficult for such a miller who could speak and write to find a fellow man with whom he could debate a few words in the streets, alleys, taverns and docks, and how lonely he was.

Wang Di said: "This book brings our research vision from emperors and elites to ordinary people. It is pioneering in research methods, data analysis and narrative style. It helps us understand what is micro history and related issues. Historiographical writing provides a classic example."

The gravel calls in the moonlight, and the waves wash over the beach pools, swallowing the echoes into the tide.The sand and gravel look around, the moon, the beach, and the water are all metaphors.Looking back at himself, the gravel is as fine as an ant and as hard as a diamond.

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