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'''Robert Macaire''' ('''Chevalier Macaire''') |
'''Robert Macaire''' ('''Chevalier Macaire''') is a legendary French criminal and assassin who appears in several French plays and films. His name is renowned in French culture as that of the archetypal villain. |
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Macaire was convicted of a murder in trial by combat with a witness in the shape of the dog of the murdered man. The murdered man was Aubry de Montdidier of France, slain in the forest of Bondy. The trial reputedly occurred on October 8, 1361.<ref>{{cite book | accessdate = 19 February 2016 | title = The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities | chapter= October 8th | url = http://www.thebookofdays.com/months/oct/8.htm | year = 1869 | first = Robert | last = Chambers}}</ref> |
Macaire was convicted of a murder in trial by combat with a witness in the shape of the dog of the murdered man. The murdered man was Aubry de Montdidier of France, slain in the forest of Bondy. The trial reputedly occurred on October 8, 1361.<ref>{{cite book | accessdate = 19 February 2016 | title = The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities | chapter= October 8th | url = http://www.thebookofdays.com/months/oct/8.htm | year = 1869 | first = Robert | last = Chambers}}</ref> |
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Aubry de Montdidier was a fictional |
Aubry de Montdidier was a fictional French [[knight]] of King [[Charles V of France|Charles V]]. The only witness of the murder was Montdidier's dog, which acted so violently against Macaire in court that King Charles ordered a duel between the dog and Macaire. When the dog won, Macaire confessed and was hanged. |
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==In popular culture== |
==In popular culture== |
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Robert Macaire (Chevalier Macaire) is a legendary French criminal and assassin who appears in several French plays and films. His name is renowned in French culture as that of the archetypal villain.
Macaire was convicted of a murder in trial by combat with a witness in the shape of the dog of the murdered man. The murdered man was Aubry de Montdidier of France, slain in the forest of Bondy. The trial reputedly occurred on October 8, 1361.[1]
Aubry de Montdidier was a fictional French knight of King Charles V. The only witness of the murder was Montdidier's dog, which acted so violently against Macaire in court that King Charles ordered a duel between the dog and Macaire. When the dog won, Macaire confessed and was hanged.
In popular culture
His is the name of the title character in the 1842 book Physiologie du Robert-Macaire written by James Rousseau) and illustrated by Honoré Daumier.
A character of this name appeared in the nineteenth-century melodrama play L'Auberge des Adrets, or 'The Adrets' Inn'. An internationally successful comic opera, Erminie, was based on the play, premiering in London in 1885. Films were later made with the character Macaire, including Robert Macaire and Bertrand (1906) and The Adventures of Robert Macaire (1925). Lemaître's performance in L'Auberge des Adrets (courtesy of actor Pierre Brasseur) was featured in the French film Les Enfants du Paradis (1945). In the mid-nineteenth century, le Robert-Macaire was the name of a dance, similar to the cancan and considered daring.
French cuisine includes a vegetarian potato dish called pommes de terre Macaire.[2]
References
- ^ Chambers, Robert (1869). "October 8th". The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ Franey, Pierre (December 18, 1985). "Holiday Classics to Give the Cook a Magic Touch". New York Times. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
External links
- "Judicial Combat Between a Man and a Dog"
- "Physiologie du Robert-Macaire, par James Rousseau. Illustr. de H. Daumier By Pierre Joseph Rousseau"
- Films
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Robert Macaire". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.