What We Are Reading Today: An Infinite History by Emma Rothschild
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Wed, 2021-01-27 00:48
Marie Aymard was an illiterate widow who lived in the provincial town of Angoulême in southwestern France, a place where seemingly nothing ever happened.
Yet, in 1764, she made her fleeting mark on the historical record through two documents: A power of attorney in connection with the property of her late husband, a carpenter on the island of Grenada, and a prenuptial contract for her daughter, signed by 83 people in Angoulême.
