The Return of Martin Guerre

Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-0-674-30832-9
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 210 mm

A classic account of stolen identity in a sixteenth-century village, by one of the world’s greatest modern historians—now in a new edition for the first time in over forty years. In 1548, a French peasant by the name of Martin Guerre abruptly left his village in the Pyrenees, abandoning his parents, his young wife, and their infant son. When he suddenly reappeared eight years later, he was welcomed home and quickly restored to his status as heir and householder. Yet this Martin Guerre had a secret: He was not Martin Guerre at all, but an imposter named Arnaud du Tilh. In a now-classic work of historical reconstruction, Natalie Zemon Davis reveals the world of an ordinary family in extraordinary circumstances. What motivated the imposter du Tilh? Why did Bertrande, Martin Guerre’s wife, play along despite knowing the truth? As the rest of the Guerre family’s suspicions grew, the ruse boiled over into a criminal trial that captured imaginations across the continent. When the true Martin Guerre swaggered into the court and denounced the imposter, du Tilh’s fate was all but sealed. Guerre reclaimed his identity, his property, and his wife; du Tilh was sentenced to execution. Yet the story of the two Martin Guerres continued to captivate, told and retold over the centuries. Presented in a new edition with a foreword from Jill Lepore, The Return of Martin Guerre is an enduring masterpiece that has inspired and influenced generations of historians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davis, Natalie Zemon

Weitere Mitwirkende

Lepore, Jill

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Lepore, Jill
Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. A recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize, she is a staff writer at the <i>New Yorker</i> and the author of numerous books, including the <i>New York Times</i> bestsellers <i>We the People</i> and <i>These Truths</i>.

Davis, Natalie Zemon
Natalie Zemon Davis was a preeminent social and cultural historian of early modern Europe. Her many books include <i>Women on the Margins, Fiction in the Archives,</i> and <i>Trickster Travels</i>. The recipient of a National Humanities Medal, she taught at Brown University, the University of Toronto, the University of California, Berkeley, and Princeton University, where she was Henry Charles Lea Professor of History.