This highly acclaimed book is being published for the first time in paperback....This highly acclaimed book is being published for the first time in paperback. The author studies the cheap printed literature which was read in eighteenth and nineteenth century Ireland and the cultures of its audience. It takes an...more
This collection examines soldiers as combatants tourists family men and as cit...This collection examines soldiers as combatants tourists family men and as citizens. In particular chapters trace the theme of the citizen soldier through the initiatives of the period that placed civilian men under arms. In these ways and more this...more
This book reveals how in confrontation with secularity various new forms of Ch...This book reveals how in confrontation with secularity various new forms of Christianity evolved during the time of Europe s crisis of modernisation. Rudolf Schlögl provides a comprehensive overview of the development of religious institutions and...more
The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had an enduring influence on the collect...The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had an enduring influence on the collective memory of all European nations and regions and have given them an international dimension. These essays look at how the French Wars were remembered in personal diaries...more
The volume explores how the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars were experienced...The volume explores how the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars were experienced perceived and narrated by contemporaries in Britain and Ireland drawing on an extensive range of personal testimonies by soldiers sailors and civilians to shed new light...more
This book offers a ground-breaking approach to royalism andpopular politics i...This book offers a ground-breaking approach to royalism and popular politics in Europe and the Americas during the Age of Revolutions. It shows how royalist and counterrevolutionary movements did not propose a mere return to the past but rather...more
This book provides an innovative martial history of British culture during the...This book provides an innovative martial history of British culture during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. It privileges the representation of Scots from the officer class and the contributions of the Highland Regiments particularly the 42nd...more
The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had an enduring influence on the collect...The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had an enduring influence on the collective memory of all European nations and regions and have given them an international dimension. These essays look at how the French Wars were remembered in personal diaries...more
Napoleon s conquests were spectacular but behind his wars is an enduring legac...Napoleon s conquests were spectacular but behind his wars is an enduring legacy. A new generation of historians have re-evaluated the Napoleonic era and found that his real achievement was the creation of modern Europe as we know it.more
This book examines the partnerships between Britain s famed redcoats and the f...This book examines the partnerships between Britain s famed redcoats and the foreign corps that were a consistent and valuable part of Britain s military endeavors in the eighteenth century. While most histories have portrayed these associations as...more
Combining military and cultural history the book explores British soldiers tra...Combining military and cultural history the book explores British soldiers travels and cross-cultural encounters in Spain and Portugal 1808-1814. It is the story of how soldiers interacted with the local environment and culture of their attitudes...more
9781350099579. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages...9781350099579. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 360. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 360 p. Cultures of Early Modern Europe. This book reveals how in confrontation with secularity various new forms...more