The history of international law has come of age. Once the domain of specialized scholars and practitioners, it has begun to attract the attention of international lawyers, legal historians, and other interested readers. This certainly constitutes a positive development: international law has a high pedagogical value, as it contributes to 'build peace in the minds of men' and women. In parallel, the histories of international law can provide a better understanding of its past, present, and future trajectories. Moreover, the recent success of certain international legal histories shows that interest in international law and its histories is not the reserve of international lawyers or legal historians only. Rather, international legal histories can attract the interest of the public at large. Recent trends such as the turn to history of international law, the parallel turn to international law of history and the resulting emergence of international legal history as a field of study have encouraged an unprecedented interest in methodological questions in international legal history. Should international legal historians focus on the specific or the general? Should their narration be accessible to the many or should it be academic and addressed to the few? This article contributes to these emerging debates by focusing on the perspective and scale of analysis and investigating whether micro-historical approaches can help international legal historians to bridge the gap between the academic realm and the public, unveil unknown or little known international legal histories, and contribute to the development of the field. This article aims to start a discussion on perspective and scale in international legal history and argues for inclusive and pluralist approaches by drawing out the advantages and potential of microhistory in relation to, and combination with, the prevalent doctrinal, institutional, and diplomatic macro-histories of international law.