The return of Martin Guerre

by

162 pages

English language

Published Jan. 6, 2002 by Harvard University Press.

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Recounts the history of French imposter Arnaud du Tilh and his denouncement in court by Martin Guerre, whose identity, property, and wife du Tilh tried to claim. Reveals new information about sixteenth-century peasant life.

5 editions

Subjects

  • Du Tilh, Arnault, -- d. 1560.,
  • Guerre, Martin, -- fl. 1539-1560.
  • Trials (Impostors and imposture) -- France.
  • Impostors and imposture -- France.