Charles Esdaile
Biographic Data
| ID | 518348 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles Esdaile |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles |
| FAMILY NAME | Esdaile |
| SIGNATURE | ESDAILE C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Liverpool |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Napoleonic Mediterranean
In the two hundred years that have passed since the death of Napoleon Bonaparte, the epoch to which he gave his name—an accolade unique in the historical usage: we do not, for example, speak of the years from 1933 to 1945 as the Hitlerian age—has become one of the most well-studied periods in European history. Thus, the flood of publications has been boundless and continues to flow unchecked. However, until relatively recently, the vast majority …
David Buttery, Napoleon’s Paris
Recent Writings on the Military History of Spain’s Civil War
The Peninsular War guerrilla and its antecedents
The brief war that took place between Spain and Portugal in 1762 is one of the least known episodes in the latter’s military history, whereas, thanks to Wellington’s construction of the Lines of Torres Vedras, the French invasion of 1810–11 is right at the other end of the spectrum. Yet the two episodes are closely linked to one another. At the very least, they are uncannily reminiscent in terms of their details – in both cases substantial foreig…
Guerrillas and bandits in the Serranía de Ronda, 1810-1812
The Spanish Guerrilla (1808–1812) which has given its name to ideologically motivated insurgencies is usually portrayed as a patriotic uprising against the French occupation forces of Napoleon. It was that, in part, but also many other things besides. This case study illustrates its overlap and convergence with banditry but also with social unrest turned into uprisings directed by poor Spaniards against their creditors, as in the storming of Rond…
Napoleon’s Atlantic
Some one hundred years ago, the British Napoleonic specialist John Holland Rose opined that, insofar as the period 1799 – 1815 was concerned, the history of Napoleon was the history of the world. As the current reviewer has observed elsewhere, this remark was utter nonsense: Napoleon and his wars were a European phenomenon that only impinged tangentially, if at all, upon many contemporary developments in the wider world. That said, given that sev…
Popular Resistance in the French Wars
In the Napoleonic period warfare ceased to be a matter for armies alone, but also became an affair of the people. So, at least, runs the usual claim. In Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany and Russia outr
The Waterloo Campaign
Shorter Notices
Journal Article SHORTER NOTICES Get access CHARLES ESDAILE CHARLES ESDAILE University of Liverpool Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CVIII, Issue 426, January 1993, Pages 257-a–257, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CVIII.426.257-a Published: 01 January 1993
De Palas a Minerva
De Palas a Minerva
Wellington and the Military Eclipse of Spain, 1808–1814
peninsular war of 1808-14 may justly be regarded as the true foundation of the duke of Wellington's military reputation, raising him from the level of a mere 'sepoy general' to the position of foremost British commander of his age. The object of this essay is by no means an attempt, to paraphrase the man himself, to pick holes in Wellington's jerkin. Indeed, it is founded upon the belief that the liberation of the Iberian Peninsula was in the las…
The Spanish Army in the Peninsular War
War and Politics in Spain, 1808–1814
For most British readers, the Peninsular War is synonymous with the campaigns of Sir John Moore and the duke of Wellington. That this should be the case is hardly surprising in view of the fascination which they have exercised for many historians at the expense of other aspects of the struggle. In defence of such anglocentrism, it might be argued that British involvement was the decisive factor in the war and, further, that without the duke of We…
War and Politics in Spain, 1808–1814
For most British readers, the Peninsular War is synonymous with the campaigns of Sir John Moore and the duke of Wellington. That this should be the case is hardly surprising in view of the fascination which they have exercised for many historians at the expense of other aspects of the struggle. In defence of such anglocentrism, it might be argued that British involvement was the decisive factor in the war and, further, that without the duke of We…
War and Politics in Spain, 1808–1814
For most British readers, the Peninsular War is synonymous with the campaigns of Sir John Moore and the duke of Wellington. That this should be the case is hardly surprising in view of the fascination which they have exercised for many historians at the expense of other aspects of the struggle. In defence of such anglocentrism, it might be argued that British involvement was the decisive factor in the war and, further, that without the duke of We…
De Palas a Minerva
De Palas a Minerva
Wellington and the Military Eclipse of Spain, 1808–1814
peninsular war of 1808-14 may justly be regarded as the true foundation of the duke of Wellington's military reputation, raising him from the level of a mere 'sepoy general' to the position of foremost British commander of his age. The object of this essay is by no means an attempt, to paraphrase the man himself, to pick holes in Wellington's jerkin. Indeed, it is founded upon the belief that the liberation of the Iberian Peninsula was in the las…
The Spanish Army in the Peninsular War
Shorter Notices
Journal Article SHORTER NOTICES Get access CHARLES ESDAILE CHARLES ESDAILE University of Liverpool Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CVIII, Issue 426, January 1993, Pages 257-a–257, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CVIII.426.257-a Published: 01 January 1993
The Waterloo Campaign
Popular Resistance in the French Wars
In the Napoleonic period warfare ceased to be a matter for armies alone, but also became an affair of the people. So, at least, runs the usual claim. In Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany and Russia outr
Napoleon’s Atlantic
Some one hundred years ago, the British Napoleonic specialist John Holland Rose opined that, insofar as the period 1799 – 1815 was concerned, the history of Napoleon was the history of the world. As the current reviewer has observed elsewhere, this remark was utter nonsense: Napoleon and his wars were a European phenomenon that only impinged tangentially, if at all, upon many contemporary developments in the wider world. That said, given that sev…
Guerrillas and bandits in the Serranía de Ronda, 1810-1812
The Spanish Guerrilla (1808–1812) which has given its name to ideologically motivated insurgencies is usually portrayed as a patriotic uprising against the French occupation forces of Napoleon. It was that, in part, but also many other things besides. This case study illustrates its overlap and convergence with banditry but also with social unrest turned into uprisings directed by poor Spaniards against their creditors, as in the storming of Rond…
The Peninsular War guerrilla and its antecedents
The brief war that took place between Spain and Portugal in 1762 is one of the least known episodes in the latter’s military history, whereas, thanks to Wellington’s construction of the Lines of Torres Vedras, the French invasion of 1810–11 is right at the other end of the spectrum. Yet the two episodes are closely linked to one another. At the very least, they are uncannily reminiscent in terms of their details – in both cases substantial foreig…
David Buttery, Napoleon’s Paris
Recent Writings on the Military History of Spain’s Civil War
The Napoleonic Mediterranean
In the two hundred years that have passed since the death of Napoleon Bonaparte, the epoch to which he gave his name—an accolade unique in the historical usage: we do not, for example, speak of the years from 1933 to 1945 as the Hitlerian age—has become one of the most well-studied periods in European history. Thus, the flood of publications has been boundless and continues to flow unchecked. However, until relatively recently, the vast majority …
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