This article explores the origins of the term "microhistory" and, particularly, its use by the Italian school. It shows the connection and the intersection with “microhistory” and a host of related themes in the development of the enterprise of history, such as the history of events, local history and new history.  Microhistory is characterized by a very specific set of characteristic features: a reduced scope of focus, meticulous analysis of specific documents, a refusal to choose between autobiography  and chronological history;  interest in narration;  being part of the narrative; transforming the search for truth into being part of exposing the truth; awareness that all stages through which the research unfolds are built and are not a priori true. Microhistory insists on the context, affirming whether the topic is of acknowledged importance or pertaining to insignificant worlds. In this way the relation between the micro dimension and the broader contextual dimension become the binding principle in narration