Part one of term paper
Historian Natalie Zemon Davis wrote an informative novel about the lives of peasants in the sixteenth century. Entitled , Davis tells a true story about a law suit against a man claiming to be someone he is not. She familiarizes the reader with peasantry, laws, and moral attitudes of the time. The story begins in 1527 with a family move from ...

Part two of term paper
... different dialect, dropping the “Da” from their name thus pronouncing and spelling it “Guerre,” and also in style of dress. As for the Guerre women, life in the village of Artigat was a drastic change. No longer could they push ahead of the men to make their offerings at parish mass or go about the church to collect for the vestry. The Guerre’s seemed to like their new lives, their family grew, and they became successful in their trade. In 1538 the only son of ...