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The Return Of Martin Guerre - Online Term Paper

The Return Of Martin Guerre

Historian Natalie Zemon Davis wrote an informative novel
about the lives of peasants in the sixteenth century. Entitled
, Davis tells a true story about a law
suit against a man claiming to be someone he is not. She
familiarizes the reader with peasantry, laws, and moral attitudes
of the time.
The story begins in 1527 with a family move from the French
Basque country to the village of Artigat. There the Daguerre
family settled and started a tileworks business; a prosperous
business in the sixteenth century. They eventually started
businesses in wheat, millet, vines, and sheep. To be accepted in
the new town the family had to make some changes such as speaking
a different dialect, ...

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got
married to Bertrande de Rols, the beautiful daughter of a
well-off family. After much trying they have one son. In 1548 the
rich peasant disappeared from the village of Artigat after a
family dispute over his stealing some grain from his father.
Martin Guerre left his wife and child behind without a trace. In
these days a wife could not marry in the absence of her husband
unless she has proof of his death, even if he has been gone for
twenty years. Bertrande was left with the burdens of being a
single mother for the next eight years, until Martin returned, or
so she thought.
In 1556 a peasant from a French village called Sajas was
traveling, possibly leaving town to avoid punishment for a small
crime, when he encountered two men mistaking him for a man they
called “Martin Guerre.” The peasant was in fact not Martin, but a
man by the name of Arnaud du Tilh. Arnaud soon learned that his
resemblance to the Guerre man was uncanny, although believe ...

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Added: 1/13/2007 06:20:38 PM
Category: English
Type: Free Paper
Words: 817
Pages: 3

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