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Monster Essays - The Return Of Martin Guerre
The Return of Martin Guerre
Historian Natalie Zemon Davis wrote an informative novel
about the lives of peasants in the sixteenth century. Entitled
The Return of Martin Guerre, 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 wh....
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