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Natalie davis s return of martin guerre is quite possibly the most fun youll have reading a work of history. The inventive peasant arnaud du tilh had almost persuaded the learned judges at the parlement of toulouse, when on a summers 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 return of martin guerre by natalie zemon davis. Culture and identity in early modern europe 15001800. Martin guerre is a peasant who deserted his wife and family for many years.

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