The Judge and the Historian
Author | : Carlo Ginzburg |
Publisher | : Verso |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2002-08-17 |
ISBN-10 | : 1859843719 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781859843710 |
Rating | : 4/5 (710 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Judge and the Historian written by Carlo Ginzburg and published by Verso. This book was released on 2002-08-17 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carlo Ginzburg draws on his work on witchcraft trials in the 16th and 17th centuries to dissect the weaknesses of the state's case in the 20th-century show trial of Italian communists, Sofri, Bompressi and Pietrostefani.