Civilians and War in Europe 16181815 by Erica Charters, Eve ... - 9781781380123

Civilians and War in Europe 16181815Author(s): Erica Charters, Eve Rosenhaft, Hannah Smith\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Liverpool University Press\nISBN-13: 9781781380123, 978-1781380123\nSynopsis\nCivilians and War in Europe [tel] 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 the conduct and aftermath of war; representations of civilians, s.