Soldiers and soldiering in Britain, c.1750 to 1815

英国的士兵和士兵，约 1750 年至 1815 年

基本信息

批准号：
AH/H019596/1
负责人：
Kevin Linch
金额：
$ 18.49万
依托单位：
University of Leeds
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2010
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2010 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FH019596%2F1
关键词：
Soldiers soldiering Britain c.1750 1815

项目摘要

Britain's relationship with its soldiers during the eighteenth century was a complex one. Georgians branded these men a danger to liberty, victims of oppression, and 'bloody backs', whilst also celebrating their victories and championing their generals, such as General Wolfe at Quebec in 1759. Britain's soldiers were both heroes and the 'scum of the earth', yet this dynamic and multifaceted connection has yet to be fully explored, largely because the scale of Britain's military mobilisation has not been recognised, nor its significance fully appreciated. This fraught relationship became more complicated with the increasing mobilisation of the male population into novel forms of military service beyond the full-time soldiering of the British Army. The militia, reformed during the Seven Years' War in 1757, and large-scale volunteer forces (part-time soldiers raised for home defence) in the American War of Independence and especially the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars created new types of soldier in Britain and new ways for men to be under arms. At its peak in the Napoleonic Wars, some 680,000 men were involved in some form of military service, yet the experiences of these men remains largely forgotten.To better understand the concept of soldiering and explore the similarities and differences between the different forms of military service in Britain, this project will explore the language, broadly defined, in which the soldier was described by others and written about by themselves, thus contextualising shifts in attitudes towards soldiers and soldiering. Working from the premise that a 'soldier' was a particular category within society that was defined by contemporaries and by soldiers themselves, and therefore relational and contextual rather than being fixed, the project will be able to utilise methodological techniques more commonly seen in the social sciences and gender history when studying identity to create new knowledge on the topic. The project will involve extensive archival research and will form a network of scholars working in this period to cover the many different geographical, methodological and temporal angles to the topic. These will include regional differences, questions of citizenship and manliness, and the changes wrought by the almost permanent state of war against France between 1754 and 1815.Alongside academic outputs, the project aims to make key documents available in an online repository for anyone interested in the subject of soldiers in this period. The aim is to distribute the findings of the project beyond academia, to users such as schools, local historians, military enthusiasts, and genealogists. A fundamental part of the project will be an interactive website allowing these interest groups not only to view what the network is doing, but to contribute their questions, expertise and knowledge. This will further assist us in our goal of promoting a better understanding of this crucial period in the making of the concept of 'soldiering' in Britain. Furthermore, these outputs will be well timed for the forthcoming 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo.

在18世纪，英国与士兵的关系是一个复杂的关系。乔治亚人给这些人烙上了对自由的危险，压迫的受害者和“血腥的后卫”，同时还庆祝自己的胜利并倡导他们的将军，例如1759年在魁北克的沃尔夫将军。公认的，也没有完全赞赏其意义。随着男性人口的越来越多的动员为新型的兵役形式，这种充实的关系变得更加复杂。民兵在1757年的七年战争中进行了改革，在美国独立战争中，尤其是法国革命者和拿破仑战争中，大型志愿者（为家庭防御而养育的兼职士兵）在英国创造了新型的士兵，并为男人陷入困境而创造了新的方式。在拿破仑战争中的顶峰上，约有68万人参与某种形式的兵役，但这些男人的经历仍然在很大程度上被遗忘了。更好地了解士兵的兵力和探索不同形式的兵役之间的相似性和差异的概念，该项目将探索士兵的广泛定义，并在其他情况下探索了士兵的事业，并在其上被遗忘了，并在其上构成了士兵，并在其上构成了范围，并在其上构成了上下文，并在其上构成了背景，并在这些语言中遇到了范围，并在这些语言中构成了范围，从而使士兵们在士兵身上构成了上下文，从而使士兵们在士兵身上构成了范围，并探索了士兵的范围。从前提下工作，即“士兵”是社会中的一个特定类别，它是由同时代人和士兵本身定义的，因此，关系和背景而不是固定，该项目将能够在社会科学和性别历史上更常见的方法学技术在研究该主题上创建新知识时更常见的方法学技术。该项目将涉及广泛的档案研究，并将在此期间组成一个工作网络，以涵盖该主题的许多不同的地理，方法论和时间角度。这些将包括区域差异，公民身份和男子气概的问题，以及1754年至1815年对法国的几乎永久战争状况所做的变化，该项目旨在在此期间为对士兵感兴趣的任何人提供在线存储库中的关键文件。目的是向学校，当地历史学家，军事爱好者和家谱学家等用户分发该项目的发现。该项目的基本组成部分将是一个交互式网站，允许这些兴趣集团不仅查看网络在做什么，还可以贡献他们的问题，专业知识和知识。这将进一步有助于我们在制定英国“士兵”概念中更好地了解这个关键时期的目标。此外，这些产出将在即将到来的滑铁卢战役成立200周年纪念日时定时。