“It was the encounter between the printed page and the oral culture, of which he was one embodiment, that led Menocchio to formulate -first for himsel, later for himself, later for his fellow villagers, and finally for the judges- the "opinions ... (that) came out of his head.” HistoryReading HistoryOral Cultures Book:The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller Source: The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller