Rafe Blaufarb

The French army 1750-1820 (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the transformation of the French military profession during the momentous period that saw the death of royal absolutism, the rise and fall of successive revolutionary regimes, the consolidation of Napoleonic rule and the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy after the Empire's final collapse. Crossing traditional chronological boundaries, it brings together periods in French history that are usually treated separately and challenges established views of change and continuity during the Age of Revolution. Based on a wealth of archival sources, this book is as much a social history of ideas like equality, talent, and merit as a military history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526158901
• Artikelnr.: 61119750

Autorenporträt

Rafe Blaufarb is Professor of History at Florida State University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 The merits of birth: lineage and professionalism in the Old
Regime 2 The meanings of merit in 1789 3 The death and rebirth of the
officer corps, 1789-92 4 Republican meritocracy in the nexus of war, civil
strife, and factionalism 5 The politics of professionalism during Thermidor
and the Directory, 1794-9 6 Napoleon's improbable synthesis: monarchy and
meritocracy in the reconstruction of the officer corps, 1799-1815
Conclusion Index