| FB-51840-05 | Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Jennifer Ngaire Heuer | War and Family in the Napoleonic Empire | 1/1/2005 - 6/30/2005 | $24,000.00 | Jennifer | Ngaire | Heuer | | | | President and Fellows of Middlebury College | Middlebury | VT | 05753-6004 | USA | 2004 | European History | Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Research Programs | 24000 | 0 | 24000 | 0 |
From state-sponsored weddings of veterans to speeches decrying threats to French homes, the Napoleonic Empire used an ideology of family to promote war. This book-length project traces the development of this ideology to illuminate how the French government legitimated a mass mobilization unprecedented in European history. But if familial images validated war, war also dramatically impacted familial relations. By examining these dynamics, I call into question the adequacy of current accounts of gender in Napoleonic France that focus on political and legal changes without considering the militarization of society. |