Harfleur to Hamburg : five centuries of English and British violence in Europe /

Harfleur to Hamburg : five centuries of English and British violence in Europe / D.J.B. Trim, Brendan Simms (editors).

From the Hundred Years War to the Second World War, a definitive volume exploring military violence waged across the British Isles and the European continent.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Trim, D. J. B. (David J. B.) (Editor), Simms, Brendan (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford [United Kingdom] ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Agincourt, Battle of, Agincourt, France, 1415.
World War, 1939-1945 > Destruction and pillage > Germany > Hamburg.
Great Britain > Defenses.
Europe > Politics and government > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: D. J. B. Trim and Brendan Simms
  • 2. Strategy, Piety, and Chivalry: Violence and Restraint Under Henry V in 1415: Clifford J. Rogers
  • 3. Thomas Howard and the Character of English Violence during the Reign of Henry VIII: Neil Murphy
  • 4. English Atrocities in the Reign of Elizabeth I and Their Context: D. J. B. Trim
  • 5. State of Emergency: The English Subjection of Early Modern Ireland: David Edwards
  • 6. Violence in Scotland: The British Army and Government after Culloden: Murray Pittock
  • 7. 'Alas Poor Danes!': The Bombardment of Copenhagen, 1807: Brendan Simms
  • 8. British-Army Violence against Civilians in the Peninsular War: Charles Esdaile
  • 9. 'You Have Not Had A Sufficient Number Killed and Wounded': The Baltic Campaigns of the'Crimean' War, 1854-56: Andrew Lambert
  • 10. The Blockade in the First World War: Mary Elisabeth Cox
  • 11. Legitimising Violence in the British Attack on the French Fleet At Mers-El-Kébir: Karine Varley
  • 12. Operation Gomorrah: Ruthlessness and the British Air War, 1943: Richard Overy.

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