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carlo ginzburg 2013 turin , italy italian 15 april 1939 carlo ginzburg par claude truong-ngoc mars 2013.jpg carlo ginzburg
 carlo ginzburg university of pisa
carlo ginzburg

carlo ginzburg -lrb- ; born april 15 , 1939 -rrb- is a noted italian historian and proponent of the field of microhistory .
he is best known for `` il formaggio e i vermi '' -lrb- 1976 , english title : `` the cheese and the worms '' -rrb- , 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 and 17th century friuli in northeastern italy .
he returned to looking at the visionary traditions of early modern europe for his 1989 book `` ecstasies : deciphering the witches ' sabbath '' .
