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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461599803321

Titolo

Civilians and war in Europe, 1618-1815 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Erica Charters, Eve Rosenhaft and Hannah Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Liverpool, : Liverpool University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-78138-634-X

1-78138-893-8

1-84631-769-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (644 p.)

Collana

Eighteenth-century worlds

Altri autori (Persone)

ChartersErica

RosenhaftEve

SmithHannah

Disciplina

305.906950940903

940.2

Soggetti

Civilians in war - Europe - History - 17th century

Civilians in war - Europe - History - 18th century

War and society - Europe - History - 17th century

War and society - Europe - History - 18th century

Electronic books.

Europe History, Military 17th century Congresses

Europe History, Military 18th century Congresses

Europe Social conditions 17th century Congresses

Europe Social conditions 18th century Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Many of the chapters in this volume are versions of papers presented at the 'Civilians and war in Europe, c.1640-1815' conference held at the University of Liverpool in June 2009"--P. x.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Suffering, reconciliation and values in the seventeenth century -- pt. 2. The state, soldiers and civilians -- pt. 3. Who is a civilian? Who is a soldier? -- pt. 4. Contradictions of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.

Sommario/riassunto

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, S