Microhistory

Microhistory is the intensive historical investigation of a well defined smaller unit of research (most often a single event, the community of a village, a family or a person). In its ambition, however, microhistory can be distinguished from a simple case study insofar as microhistory aspires to "[ask] large questions in small places", to use the definition given by Charles Joyner

See also Alltagsgeschichte

The Wikipedia page is

The website for the Center for Microhistorical Research, Iceland, is and for the Microhistory Network is