Ein Opfer des Krieges und der Kriegsgesetze? : Die Beschießung von Bazeilles im Deutsch-Französischen Krieg 1870
- Submitting institution
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University of Aberdeen
- Unit of assessment
- 28 - History
- Output identifier
- 129341054
- Type
- C - Chapter in book
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- Book title
- Krieg in der industrialisierten Welt
- Publisher
- Caesarpress
- ISBN
- 978-3-902890-08-5
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2017
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
- The French village of Bazeilles, near Sedan, was destroyed in one of the fiercest and most debated attacks during the Franco-Prussian War, September 1870. To date it remains unclear if civilians took up arms to defend their homes or if women and children were brutally slaughtered by invading Bavarian troops. The chapter explores the available evidence with a particular interest in the myth around Bazeilles. The French village developed into a symbol of French resistance during the conflict, at a time when contemporary legal, military, political and public debate attempted to define the boundaries and regulations of a ‘people’s war’.
