Intrepid women
Subtitle: cantinières and vivandières of the French army
By: Thomas Cardoza.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780253354518
Subjects: France. -- Armée -- Military life -- History; Women and the military -- France -- History; Women and war -- France -- History; Army spouses -- France -- History; Camp followers -- France -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: An uncertain existence : vivandières in the Royal Army; title: "Absolutely necessary" : vivandières in the armies of the French Revolution; title: Expanded opportunities : cantinières in the armies of Napoleon; title: "Useful and necessary" : cantinières and the constitutional monarchies; title: The second empire : the "Golden Age" of the cantinières; title: The Third Republic and the end of the cantinières.