The Soldier's Reward: Love and War in the Age of the French Revolution and Napoleon by Heuer, Jennifer Ngaire

The Soldier's Reward: Love and War in the Age of the French Revolution and Napoleon

A sweeping history of intimacy and family life in France during the age of revolution The French...
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The Soldier's Reward: Love and War in the Age of the French Revolution and Napoleon by Heuer, Jennifer Ngaire

The Soldier's Reward: Love and War in the Age of the French Revolution and Napoleon

$60.67

The Soldier's Reward: Love and War in the Age of the French Revolution and Napoleon

$60.67
Author: Jennifer Ngaire Heuer
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

A sweeping history of intimacy and family life in France during the age of revolution

The French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars devastated Europe for nearly a quarter of a century. The Soldier's Reward recovers the stories of soldiers and their relationships to family and domestic life during this period, revealing how prolonged warfare transformed family and gender dynamics and gave rise to new kinds of citizenship.

In this groundbreaking work combining social, cultural, gender, and military history, Jennifer Ngaire Heuer vividly describes how men fought for years with only fleeting moments of peace. Combatants were promised promotion, financial gain, and patriotic glory. They were also rewarded for their service by being allowed to return home to waiting families and love interests, and with marriages that were arranged and financially supported by the state. Heuer explores competing ideas of masculinity in France, as well as the experiences of the men and women who participated in such marriages. She argues that we cannot fully understand the changing nature of war and peace in this period without considering the important roles played by family, gender, and romantic entanglements.

Casting new light on a turbulent era of mass mobilization and seemingly endless conflict, The Soldier's Reward shows how, from the Revolution through the Restoration, war, intimacy, and citizenship intersected in France in new and unexpected ways.

Author: Jennifer Ngaire Heuer
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 12/03/2024
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.72lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780691262574

About the Author
Jennifer Ngaire Heuer is professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is the author of The Family and the Nation: Gender and Citizenship in Revolutionary France, 1789-1830 and the editor (with Mette Harder) of Life in Revolutionary France.

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