: After years of living under house arrest and being forced to wear a yellow cross of shame, Menocchio was arrested again. He had continued to spread his ideas, and this time, the Inquisition declared him a "relapsed heretic" and a "heresiarch". The Execution
: He was vocal about the Church’s wealth and its use of Latin in courts, which he felt was a tool to keep the poor in the dark. The Trials Menocchio the Heretic
: The 2018 movie Menocchio the Heretic focuses on his refusal to betray his principles. : After years of living under house arrest
The story of , born Domenico Scandella (1532–1599), is one of the most famous "microhistories" from the Italian Reformation. A self-educated miller from the small village of Montereale Valcellina, Menocchio was famously tried twice by the Roman Inquisition for his strikingly original and "heretical" views on the cosmos. The Trials : The 2018 movie Menocchio the
: Carlo Ginzburg’s The Cheese and the Worms remains the definitive scholarly account of his life and trial. Menocchio: The Heretic Who Declared God a Worm