Arrest Memorable Du Parlement De Tolose Content Une Histoire Prodigieuse De Nostre Temps Avec

by Jean De Coras

$14,000 · Offered by Manhattan Rare Books

“While most Renaissance popes and princes have been forgotten by everyone but the historical specialist, one peasant of the sixteenth century, from a village near Toulouse in the foothills of the Pyrenees, remains well known. Martin Guerre — or rather the imposter who took his wife and his birthright — has entered history.” — Robert Finlay, “The Refashioning of Martin Guerre”, The American Historical Review 93 3 :553-571 1988

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