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Civilians and War in Europe 1618-1815 (Eighteenth Century Worlds Lup)
Erica Charters
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Description for Civilians and War in Europe 1618-1815 (Eighteenth Century Worlds Lup)
Paperback. This interdisciplinary volume examines the relationship between civilians and war in Europe in the period 1618 to 1815, challenging familiar narratives of the rise of modern war and the nature of early modern warfare. Editor(s): Charters, Erica; Rosenhaft, Eve; Smith, Hannah (Newnham College, Cambridge). Series: Eighteenth Century Worlds. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
Civilians and War in Europe 1618–1815 examines the relationship between civilians and warfare from the start of the Thirty Years War to the end of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. The volume interrogates received narratives of warfare that identify the development of modern 'total' war with the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and instead considers the continuities and transformations in warfare over the course of two hundred years. The contributors examine prisoners of war, the cultures of plunder, the tensions of billeting, and war-time atrocities throughout England, France, Spain, and the German territories. They also explore the legal practices surrounding ... Read more
Civilians and War in Europe 1618–1815 examines the relationship between civilians and warfare from the start of the Thirty Years War to the end of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. The volume interrogates received narratives of warfare that identify the development of modern 'total' war with the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and instead considers the continuities and transformations in warfare over the course of two hundred years. The contributors examine prisoners of war, the cultures of plunder, the tensions of billeting, and war-time atrocities throughout England, France, Spain, and the German territories. They also explore the legal practices surrounding ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
Series
Eighteenth Century Worlds
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781380123
SKU
V9781781380123
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Ref
99-29
About Erica Charters
Erica Charters is a University Lecturer in the History of Medicine, University of Oxford. Eve Rosenhaft is Professor of German Historical Studies, University of Liverpool. Hannah Smith is Tutorial Fellow and University Lecturer in History, St. Hilda’s College, University of Oxford.
Reviews for Civilians and War in Europe 1618-1815 (Eighteenth Century Worlds Lup)
The approaches, questions, and interpretations pursued in the volume will provide important stimulation for scholars from a range of disciplinary and geographic backgrounds.
French History, vol 27, no 3
A superior example of an edited collection, containing essays of real importance and quality, and arranged in an illuminating way. Hamish Scott, University of Glasgow An innovative and ... Read more
French History, vol 27, no 3
A superior example of an edited collection, containing essays of real importance and quality, and arranged in an illuminating way. Hamish Scott, University of Glasgow An innovative and ... Read more