Martin shortly after disappears to go to Spain and ends up in the Spanish army.Īfter about eight years pass, with Bertrande without a husband, Armand de Tilh comes on the scene and hears the story of the disappearance of Martin Guerre. There is a sexual problem in the marriage, Martin's impotence, but after getting some help to "take away an evil spell" from a mysterious old woman, Bertrande becomes pregnant after eight years of marriage and has a son named Sanxi.
Bertrande is possibly as young as ten, though she is believed to be past puberty. Martin grows up and marries Bertrande de Rols when he is only fourteen years old. Martin Guerre's father moves the family to the village of Artigat from the Basque country farther south near the Pyrenees Mountains and Spain, when Martin in an infant. Much of the text discusses the economic and farming conditions of families such as the Guerres and the general lifestyle of the area in the 1500s. These are a book by Judge Jean de Coras "Arreste Memorable" and one by a lawyer, Guillaume La Sueur called "the Admirable History of the Pseudo-Martin." The author uses other secondary sources to figure out the village social structure and political structure of the time. The main sources of the story of this famous case are from two primary sources.
He is close to being acquitted, when the real Martin Guerre, with a wooden leg, shows up. "Martin Guerre" appeals the case to the regional Parliament of Toulouse. Here Martin/Arnaud is ruled an impostor and condemned to death. There are two trials, the first in the regional city of Rieux. After the so-called Martin Guerre has a dispute over family finances and the sale of some lands that the family owns, he is accused by his uncle and father-in-law Pierre Guerre of being an impostor. He is accepted by his wife, family and friends for more than three years, during which time Bertrande becomes pregnant twice. However, "Martin" is actually an impostor named Arnaud du Tilh.
"The Return of Martin Guerre" is a reconstruction of the famous case of Martin Guerre's return to the small town of Artigat in Southern France after being absent for eight years or so.
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