Battlefield Emotions 1500-1800 Practices, Experience, Imagination

This book explores changes in emotional cultures of the early modern battlefield. Military action involves extraordinary modes of emotional experience and affective control of the soldier, and it evokes strong emotional reactions in society at large. Whil

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Battlefield Emotions 1500-1800

Practices, Experience, Imagination

Edited by ERIKA KUIJPERS CORNELIS VAN DER HAVEN

Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions

Series Editors David Lemmings School of History and Politics University of Adelaide Adelaide, Australia William Reddy 226 Carr Bldg Department of History Durham, North Carolina, USA

Aims of the Series Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions includes work that redefines past definitions of emotions; re-conceptualizes theories of emotional ‘development’ through history; undertakes research into the genesis and effects of mass emotions; and employs a variety of humanities disciplines and methodologies. In this way it produces a new interdisciplinary history of the emotions in Europe between 1100 and 2000. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/14584

Erika Kuijpers  •  Cornelis van der Haven Editors

Battlefield Emotions 1500–1800 Practices, Experience, Imagination

Editors Erika Kuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Cornelis van der Haven Ghent University Ghent, Belgium

This publication has been made possible with the generous support of the Research Foundation-Flanders.

Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions ISBN 978-1-137-56489-4    ISBN 978-1-137-56490-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-56490-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016962029 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: Gerard ter Borch, Man on horseback, oil on panel, 54.9 × 41 cm, 1634. Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Juliana Cheney Edwards Collection. Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Macmillan Publishers Ltd. London The registered