The Society of Prisoners
Anglo-French Wars and Incarceration in the Eighteenth Century
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 15 October 2019
- ISBN 9780198723585
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages436 pages
- Size 236x162x31 mm
- Weight 846 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 14 black and white figures/illustrations 40
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Short description:
Very little has been written of the history of prisoners of war before the twentieth century, and Renaud Morieux seeks to correct this in this new history of war captivity in the eighteenth century, mining archives in Britain and France to take a fresh look at international relations through the histories of prisoners and host communities.
MoreLong description:
In the eighteenth century, as wars between Britain, France, and their allies raged across the world, hundreds of thousands of people were captured, detained, or exchanged. They were shipped across oceans, marched across continents, or held in an indeterminate limbo. The Society of Prisoners challenges us to rethink the paradoxes of the prisoner of war, defined at once as an enemy and as a fellow human being whose life must be spared. Amidst the emergence of new codifications of international law, the practical distinctions between a prisoner of war, a hostage, a criminal, and a slave were not always clear-cut. Renaud Morieux's vivid and lucid account uses war captivity as a point of departure, investigating how the state transformed itself at war, and how whole societies experienced international conflicts. The detention of foreigners on home soil created the conditions for multifaceted exchanges with the host populations, involving prison guards, priests, pedlars, and philanthropists. Thus, while the imprisonment of enemies signals the extension of Anglo-French rivalry throughout the world, the mass incarceration of foreign soldiers and sailors also illustrates the persistence of non-conflictual relations amidst war. Taking the reader beyond Britain and France, as far as the West Indies and St Helena, this story resonates in our own time, questioning the dividing line between war and peace, and forcing us to confront the untenable situations in which the status of the enemy is left to the whim of the captor.
The comparison between different "societies of prisoners" could certainly be extended to other spaces and times, further attesting to the rich comparative potential of Morieux's work and the interest it should garner beyond specialists of Franco-British relations.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Defining the prisoner of war in international law: a comparative approach
Hate or love thy enemy? Humanitarian patriotism
The multiple geographies of war captivity
The anatomy of the war prison
The reinvention of Society?
War captivity and social interactions
Conclusion
Epilogue: Napoleon the prisoner of peace
