One of the foremost controversial arguments that Davis constructs regarding Bertrand de Rols is that she did, in fact, know that Arnauld du Tilh was not her genuine husband. Davis draws this conclusion from principally circumstantial evidence and crafty inference on her part. One of the chief historical documents, Coras’ Arrest Memorable, that she cites actually states the precisely opposite conclusion. Coras draws the reasonable conclusion that Bertrande knew nothing of the ingenious deception of du Tilh, and being the judge on the controversial case, rules accordingly. Davis takes it upon herself to infer out of the context of this document that Bertrande may have gone along with it to for socially advantageous reasons. Both du Tilh and
