War Captivity as a Contact Zone: The Case of British Prisoners of War on Parole in Napoleonic France

• Published in: History (London) Vol. 109; no. 388; pp. 488 - 520
• Main Author: DUCHÉ, ELODIE
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2024
• Subjects: Parole; Prisoners of war & missing in action

The existing scholarship on Napoleonic captivity tends to focus on French prisoners of war held in Britain at the time. This article seeks to help redress this gap by drawing upon a range of English and French sources to investigate how British captives on parole experienced displacement in Napoleon...