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Introduction
1. From Hendaye to Artigat
2. The Discontented Peasant
3. The Honor of Bertrande de Rols
4. The Masks of Arnaud du Tilh
5. The Invented Marriage
6. Quarrels
7. The Trial at Rieux
8. The Trial at Toulouse
9. The Return of Martin Guerre
10. The Storyteller
11. Histoire prodigieuse, Histoire tragique
12. Of the Lame
Epilogue
Selected Bibliography of Writings on Martin Guerre
Notes
Index
Illustrations
First edition of Coras, Arrest Memorable (1561). Bibliothèque Nationale.
First page of the Arrest Memorable (1561). Bibliothèque Mazarine.
The routes of Martin Guerre.
Whimsical soldiers, ca. 1545. Archives départementales de l'Ariège, 5E6220.
Peasants dance. Bibliothèque Nationale, Cabinet des Estampes.
A rural couple. Bibliothèque Nationale.
Confrontation between accused and witness. Harvard Law School Library, Treasure Room.
First pictorial representation of the case. Bibliothèque Mazarine, Paris.
Jean de Coras. Bibliothèque 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.
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Toshiio Munekane
reviewed The Return of Martin Guerre on October 12, 2010
The Return of Martin Guerre
This would be a great introduction to microhistory for the casual non-fiction reader, as long as that reader knew what they were reading. Microhistorians examine one particular moment in time in great detail, trying to see how that moment can betray larger truths about society and culture at large. Usually these historians are looking for some rare window into the lives of ordinary people, and Davis has a great one here, with the records from a 16th Century trial of a peasant in southern France who was accused of stealing the identity of another peasant and living as 'Martin Guerre' for years. (Davis also consulted on the movie with Gerard Depardieu, which is also really good). She writes this in a narrative, almost novelish way, easy to follow, and this can really be enjoyed by just about anyone.
But it would be important for the casual reader to keep her intro in mind; she says that the book is "in part my invention, but held tightly in check by the voices of the past." Because this isn't a movie, but rather a book written by a historian, it could be very easy for a reader to forget about that sentence in the intro, and treat the book as if it was some sort of 'proven' truth. Davis has a great story here, and she has evidence to back a lot of it up, and her story makes logical sense - it definitely could have happened in this way. But nothing is certain. It is important for each reader to decide how much of this story to accept and how much to take with a grain of salt.
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Add The Return of Martin Guerre, 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, proper, The Return of Martin Guerre to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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