The Return of Martin GuerreThe clever 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, property, and wife of Martin Guerre. The astonishing case captured the imagination of the continent. Told and retold over the centuries, the story of Martin Guerre became a legend, still remembered in the Pyrenean village where the impostor was executed more than 400 years ago. |
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... . And then , in 1538 , the Guerres were present at a contract that marked how far they had come in their eleven years in Artigat : the marriage of Sanxi's only son Martin to Bertrande de Rols , daughter From Hendaye to Artigat 15.
... present who were not persuaded that the prisoner was the true husband and that the impos- ture came from the side of the wife and the uncle . " After the two confrontations , the Criminal Chamber ordered Pierre and Bertrande both to be ...
... present for the sentencing of here- tics on January 29 , 1559/60 ( B , La Tournelle , vol . 72 ) , on February 1 , 1559/60 , or on March 1 , 1559/60 ( ibid . , vol . 73 ) , though he was present for sentences pronounced on days before ...
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From Hendaye to Artigat | 6 |
The Discontented Peasant | 19 |
The Honor of Bertrande de Rols | 27 |
Copyright | |
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