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The military Enlightenment : war and culture in the French Empire from Louis XIV to Napoleon / Christy Pichichero

Pichichero, Christy, 1976- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, [2017]

xi, 301 Seiten : Illustrationen, Karten ; 24 cm

Englisch

First published 2017. - Includes bibliographical references and index

Online version: Pichichero, Christy, 1976- author : Military Enlightenment. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017

Erscheint auch als: The military enlightenment / Pichichero, Christy (Online-Ausgabe)

978-1-5017-0929-6 ( : cloth : alk. paper); 1-5017-0929-1

978-1-5017-1229-6 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff); 978-1-5017-0965-4 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff)

2017006129

9781501709296

OCoLC: 1019888834     

OCoLC: 1003049710 (aus SWB)      ; OCoLC: 1019995776 (aus SWB)     

NK 7040      Ähnliche Literatur

DC46.7

306.2/7094409033 ; 306.27094409033

Basisklassifikation: 15.65 (Frankreich) <Geschichte> ; 89.80 (Militärwesen: Allgemeines) ; 15.34 (Europäische Geschichte 1492-1789) ; 15.35 (Europäische Geschichte 1789-1815)

*Frankreich ; Aufklärung ; Militär ; Geschichte 1700-1815     Zum Register

LOC-SH: War and society -- France -- History -- 18th century ; Military art and science -- France -- History -- 18th century ; Enlightenment -- France -- Influence ; French literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism ; Military art and science in literature ; France -- History, Military -- 18th century ; War and society -- History -- 18th century -- France ; Military art and science -- History -- 18th century -- France ; Enlightenment -- Influence -- France ; French literature -- History and criticism -- 18th century ; Military art and science in literature ; Enlightenment -- Influence ; French literature ; Military art and science ; Military art and science in literature ; War and society ; France -- History, Military -- 18th century -- France

Introduction : what is military Enlightenment? -- The French military Enlightenment : figures, forces, and forms -- Before fraternity : martial masculinity, sociability, and community -- Humanity in war : military cultures of sensibilité and human rights -- A nation of warriors : the democratization of heroism -- The dialectic of military Enlightenment : the revolutionary and Napoleonic eras -- Epilogue : the modern heritage

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"Combines the study of literary works, treatises of moral philosophy, and archival military writings to show the ways that the military sphere both generated and applied French Enlightenment ideas with regard to the phenomenon of war, the human body and emotions, social equality, and human rights"--