The Return of Martin Guerre

Name: The Return of Martin Guerre
Author: Natalie Zemon Davis

by Natalie Zemon Davis

Microhistory of sixteenth-century French peasant who returns after years missing

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Natalie Zemon Davis

Davis pioneered a cultural history enriched by anthropological perspectives and attentive to the voices of ordinary people, especially women. The Return of Martin Guerre is her most widely read work.

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