The Soldier's Reward
eBook - ePub

The Soldier's Reward

Love and War in the Age of the French Revolution and Napoleon

  1. 344 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Soldier's Reward

Love and War in the Age of the French Revolution and Napoleon

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1. Prelude: War and Family on the Eve of Revolution
  10. Chapter 2. “To Arms, Citizens!”
  11. Chapter 3. Bringing Revolutionary Soldiers Home: The Limits of Martial Masculinity
  12. Chapter 4. La Patrie en Danger Again: Gender, Emotion, and Conscription
  13. Chapter 5. The Theater of Peace: Imagining Soldiers’ Homecomings
  14. Chapter 6. Napoleonic State-Sponsored Marriages of Veterans
  15. Chapter 7. Conscription, Demobilization, and Family
  16. Chapter 8. Gender and the Cultural Politics of Peacemaking
  17. Chapter 9. Wishing for the Death of the Woman Who Saved His Life: Living with the Aftermath of War
  18. Conclusion: New Conscripts and Soldier-Farmers
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index