Civilians and war in Europe, 1618-1815 / edited by Erica Charters, Eve Rosenhaft and Hannah Smith.
Material type: TextSeries: Eighteenth-century worldsPublication details: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 301 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 184631769X
- 9781846317699
- 9781781386347
- 178138634X
- Civilians in war -- Europe -- History -- 17th century -- Congresses
- Civilians in war -- Europe -- History -- 18th century -- Congresses
- War and society -- Europe -- History -- 17th century -- Congresses
- War and society -- Europe -- History -- 18th century -- Congresses
- Europe -- History, Military -- 17th century -- Congresses
- Europe -- History, Military -- 18th century -- Congresses
- Europe -- Social conditions -- 17th century -- Congresses
- Europe -- Social conditions -- 18th century -- Congresses
- HISTORY -- Europe -- Western
- Civilians in war
- Social conditions
- War and society
- Europe
- Zivilbev�olkerung
- Krieg
- Europa
- 1600-1799
- 940.2 23
- D273.6 .C58 2012eb
"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"--Page x.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
This interdisciplinary volume examines the relationship between civilians and war in Europe in the period 1615 to 1815, challenging familiar narratives of the rise of modern war and the nature of early modern warfare.
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