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The Italian miller executed after reinterpreting the Bible was:
AMalatesta
BMarcello
CMazzini
DMenocchio
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Menocchio
1. Popular religious reading produced individual interpretations of faith.
2. Menocchio, a miller in Italy, reinterpreted the Bible in a way that enraged the Roman Catholic Church.
3. He was hauled up twice and ultimately executed.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Social Science, 'India and the Contemporary World II', Ch 5 'Print Culture and the Modern World'_
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