The Return of Martin Guerre Book by Natalie Zemon Davis

The Return of Martin Guerre by Natalie Zemon Davis retells the famous sixteenth-century case of a man who returned to his village after years away — and the trial that asked whether he was really who he claimed to be.

Medieval and early modern Europe was a world of kings and peasants, saints and scholars, plague and revolt. This book opens up that world through its people and their beliefs, showing how ordinary lives and great events fitted together.

Key themes include:

• Kingship, church and community
• Everyday life and popular belief
• Crisis, plague and change
• How the medieval world gave way to the modern

Who should read it: readers who enjoy medieval history and the story of how Europe changed.

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