Recollection Of The Events In Artigat
During the mid to late fifteenth century lived a man, Martin Guerre, with a son, lovely wife, and a world of inheritance. With all this and more awaiting him in his future he fled, he fled for fear of his father’s punishment. He feared because he stole grain from his father a wrongful doing in the Basque ways. This episode sparked a series of events, which would be talked about for years. It was 1527 Sanxi Daguerre and his younger unwed brother left the town of Hendaye in Labourd, a county on the border of France and Spain. Since 1523 Francois I of France and Charles the V of Spain have quarreled. It was during this time the imperial troops marched through Hendaye and ravaged the Labourd. In 1524 the plague hit and in 1525 Sanxi had a son Martin. The brothers left, leaving an ancestral property to be one day inherited by Martin. They traveled three weeks walking distance to a village called Artigat. Artigat was found in the plains south of the Pyrenees foothills on the either side of the Leze River. In the village of Artigat live about sixty-seventy families growing millet, known well to the Daguerre’s, wheat, oats, and grapes. The people also pasteurized cows, goats, and mostly sheep. The town had
Bertrande now barely 22 years of age, seemed relieved to be free of sexual intercourse, and despite urges from her family refused to separate from Martin. This account displayed some of here early traits as a woman. Displayed in these early traits was her concern for her reputation, her stubborn independence, and her exceptional realism about how to maneuver within the constraints of her sex. In her every day life Bertrande continued to perform he womanly duties, hoeing, trimming the vines, and cutting the grapes. a few artisans being a blacksmith, a shoemaker, and a dressmaker. Artigat geographically fell into the county of Foix, but the townspeople fell under the government of the Languedoc. With this being the case the Daguerre family had to change to the accepted ways and formally change their last name to Guerre. A woman in Artigat has the particle “de” placed in front of there last names; this shows a classification system in the village society.
Some topics in this essay:
Martin Guerre,
Church Artigat,
Guerre Bertrande,
Guerre Arnaud,
Arnaud Protestant,
Artigat Providing,
Leze River,
Charles Spain,
Languedoc Daguerre,
Martin Arnaud,
martin guerre,
du tilh,
arnaud du,
arnaud du tilh,
“new” martin,
village artigat,
canon law,
county foix,
tilh alias pansette,
de rols,
false marriage,
du tilh alias,
church artigat,
martin guerre bertrande,
bertrande de rols,
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Approximate Word count = 1704
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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