We learn that people of the sixteenth century determine how they look by what other people tell them because mirrors were not found n a peasant household.Arnaud decided to memorize as much as he could about Martin and try to take over his life because he learned that Martin had a large inheritance trom his father. Arnaud soon learned that his resemblance to the Guerre man was uncanny, although believe it or not, Martin was taller. possibly leaving town to avoid punishment for a small crime, when he encountered two men mistaking him for a man they called The peasant uuas in fact not Martin, but a man by the name of Arnaud du Tilh. gertrande was let-t with the burdens ot being a single mother for the next eight years, until Martin returned, or so she thought.In 1556 a peasant from a French village called Sajas was traveling.

In these days a wife could not marry in the absence of her husband unless she has proof of his death, even if he has been gone for twenty years. Martin Guerre left his wife and child behind without a trace. In 1548 the rich peasant disappeared from the village of Artigat after a family dispute over his stealing some grain from his father. The seemed to like their new lives, their family grew, and they became successful in their trade.In 1538 the only son of the Guerre family, Martin, got arried to BertrandQ de Rols, the beautiful daughter of a well-off famity, After much trying they have one son. As tor the Guerre women, life in the village of Artigat was a drastic change, No longer could They push ahead of the men to make their offerings at parish mass or go about the church to collect. To be accepted in the new town the family had to make some changes such as speaking a different dialect, dropping the from their name thus pronouncing and spelling it and also in style of dress. There the Daguerre family settled and started a tilevuorks business a prosperous business in the sixteenth century, They eventually started usinesses in wheat, millet. The story begins in 1 527 with a family move from the French gasque country to the village of Artigat. She familiarizes the reader with peasantry, laws, and moral attitudes of the time. Davis tells a true story about a law suit against a man claiming to be someone he is not. The Return of Martin Guerre Historian Natalie Zemon Davis wrote an informative novel about the lives of peasants in the sixteenth century.

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