Editing Microhistory (section)

{{Short description|Intensive historical investigation of a well-defined smaller unit of research}}
[[File:Thumbnail (5).jpg|upright|thumb|An edition of the 1560 account of the trial of the French imposter [[Martin Guerre]] who would serve as the subject for [[Natalie Zemon Davis]]'s landmark ''The Return of Martin Guerre'' (1982)]]

'''Microhistory''' is a genre of [[history]] that focuses on small units of research, such as an event, community, individual or a settlement. In its ambition, however, microhistory can be distinguished from a simple [[case study]] insofar as microhistory aspires to "[ask] large questions in small places", according to the definition given by Charles Joyner.<ref>{{cite book |last=Joyner |first=Charles W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XH0gSiHYhrQC&q=answers+to+large+questions&pg=PA1 |title=Shared Traditions: Southern History and Folk Culture |date=1999 |publisher=[[University of Illinois]] |location=Urbana |page=1|isbn=9780252067723 }}</ref> It is closely associated with [[social history|social]] and [[cultural history]].