Return of Martin Guerre

Name: Return of Martin Guerre
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ISBN: 9780674766914

ISBN-10: 0674766911

ISBN-13: 9780674766914

Edition: 1983

Authors: Natalie Zemon. Davis

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The Inventive Peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost persuaded the learned judges at the Parlement of Toulouse, when on a summer's day in 1560 a man swaggered into the court on a wooden leg, denounced Arnaud, and reestablished his claim to the identity, property, and wife of Martin Guerre. The astonishing case captured the imagination of the Continent. Told and retold over the centuries, the story of Martin Guerre became a legend, still remembered in the Pyrenean village where the impostor was executed more than 400 years ago. Now a noted historian, who served as consultant for a new French film on Martin Guerre, has searched archives and lawbooks to add new dimensions to a tale already…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1983
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 10/15/1984
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English



Introduction



From Hendaye to Artigat



The Discontented Peasant



The Honor of Bertrande de Rols



The Masks of Arnaud du Tilh



The Invented Marriage



Quarrels



The Trial At Rieux



The Trial At Toulouse



The Return of Martin Guerre



The Storyteller



Histoire prodigieuse, Histoire tragique



of The Lame Epilogue Selected


Bibliography of Writings on Martin Guerre


Notes


Index


Illustrations


First edition of Coras, Arrest Memorable (1561)


Bibliothegrave;que Nationale


First page of The Arrest Memorable (1561)


bibliothegrave;que Mazarine


The routes of Martin Guerre


Whimsical soldiers, ca


1545 Archives deacute;partementales de l'ariegrave;ge, 5E6220


Peasants dance


bibliothegrave;que Nationale, Cabinet des Estampes


A rural couple


Bibliothegrave;que Nationale


Confrontation between Accused and witness


Harvard Law School Library, Treasure Room


First pictorial representation of The case


Bibliothegrave;que Mazarine, Paris


Jean de Coras


Bibliothegrave;que Nationale, Cabinet des Estampes


A case of remarkable resemblance


University of Pennsylvania, Furness Memorial Library, Special Collections, Van Pelt Library


Punishment Arrives on a wooden leg


Princeton University Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections