War Memories—The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in Modern European Culture

The memory of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars was so powerful across Europe because they constituted a crucial turning point in European history. The military expansion of France ensured that scarcely a corner of Europe remained untouched by the wars and by the political, economic and social changes that accompanied them. This interdisciplinary volume brings together an international team of experts who study how experiences and memories were transmitted to future generations in European culture and explore the various media through which they passed. This focus allows the authors to examine the intersection between experience and memory, between the private and the public, history and fiction, literature and art, and, most significantly of all, between the memories of the individual, groups, regions, nations, and the continent of Europe.

ALAN FORREST is professor of Modern History at the University of York, UK. He has published widely on French Revolutionary and Napoleonic history in France and Europe, on the history of armies and war, and on the cultural history of modern France.

ETIENNE FRANCOIS is professor emeritus of History at the Free University of Berlin, Germany,and at the University of Paris-I (Pantheon-Sorbonne). His research focuses on German, French and European Early Modern and Modern history, with a special interest in the issue of history and memory.

KAREN HAGEMANN is James G. Kenan distinguished professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. Her research focuses on modern German and European history and on gender history, especially on the relationship between war, the nation and gender.