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Edition 69 (1998) Winner
Carlo Ginzburg
かるろ・じんずぶるく
Karuro Jinsuburuku
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1939-04-15 （Turin）
- Nationality
- Italy
- Languages
- Italian, English
- Residence History
- Turin → Bologna → Los Angeles → Pisa
Career
- Occupations
- Historian, Microhistorian
- Active Years
- 1966-
- Affiliations
- University of Bologna, University of California, Los Angeles, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
- Memberships
- American Philosophical Society
- Influenced By
- Delio Cantimori, Marc Bloch
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pisa | — | — | PhD | — | Italy |
University of Pisa
Degree:
PhD
Year of Graduation:
1961
Country:
Italy
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Balzan Prize | — | — | International Balzan Prize Foundation | 受賞 |
Balzan Prize
2010
Organization:
International Balzan Prize Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Cheese and the Worms
1976 MicrohistoryExamines the beliefs of an Italian heretic Menocchio from Montereale Valcellina.
HeresyPopular CultureCosmology
The Night Battles
1966 MicrohistoryExamination of the benandanti visionary folk tradition in Friuli.
Witch PersecutionsAgrarian CultsShamanism
Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath
1989 HistoryExplores visionary traditions of early modern Europe.
Witches' SabbathShamanism
Bibliography
- The Cheese and the Worms (1980)
- The Night Battles (1983)
- Ecstasies (1991)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Microhistorical approachEvidence-based narrativeRhetorical analysis
- Recurring Motifs
- InquisitionPopular BeliefsClues and Interpretation
Legacy
Pioneer of microhistory, renowned for innovating European history through themes like heresy and witch hunts.
Trivia
- Son of novelist Natalia Ginzburg and philologist Leone Ginzburg.