Another section chronicles the reading of John Mandeville's travels, and draws on research of the Benandanti witches, which the author also utilized in his later book The Night Battles.
In one chapter of this work, the central figure is asked "Who moves the chaos?" to which he responds "It moves by itself." The preface to the English edition of this work puts forth the author's thesis that, between the culture of the dominant and subordinate classes, there existed a "circular relationship of reciprocal influences, which travelled from low to high as well as from high to low" - a proposal for which the author cites Mikhail Bakhtin. Another section chronicles the reading of John Mandeville's travels, and draws on research of the Benandanti witches, which the author also utilized in his later book The Night Battles. The main character claims that angels appeared in a mass created from a mixture earth, air, fire, and water - for this opinion that the world arose from putrefaction, Scandella is questioned by the Roman inquisition. FTP, name this microhistory about the 16th century miller Menocchio, the masterwork of Carlo Ginzburg.
In one chapter of this work, the central figure is asked "Who moves the chaos?" to which he responds "It moves by itself."
The {Cheese} and the {Worms} (or {Il Formaggio e} i {Vermi})