L’otium des captifs d'honneur britanniques à Verdun sous le Premier Empire, 1803-1814
- Submitting institution
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York St John University
- Unit of assessment
- 28 - History
- Output identifier
- 493
- Type
- C - Chapter in book
- DOI
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- Book title
- Arrachés et déplacés. Réfugiés politiques, prisonniers de guerre, déportés (Europe et espace colonial 1789-1918)
- Publisher
- Presses Universitaires Blaise Pascal (PUBP)
- ISBN
- 9782845167377
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- September
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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http://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/1470/
- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- Yes
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- Yes
- English abstract
- This is a French language chapter. It examines the genteel leisure activities of British POWs detained on parole in Verdun during the Napoleonic conflicts, which do not reflect contemporary perception of war captivity or our understanding of Franco-British relations during the period.
Yet these activities were not exceptional and offer insight into the ad-hoc internment practices of the time and the complex social and cultural dynamics of a temporary trans-national contact zone. The chapter examines the problematic leisure time of imprisonment and the tension between agency and idleness for captives exposed to French influence during a decade of displacement.
