The Return of Martin Guerre

Natalie Zemon Davis

    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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Natalie Zemon Davis is Henry Charles Lea Professor of History, Emerita, Princeton University.