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Indentured to Liberty
Peter Keir Taylor
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Peasant Life and the Hessian Military State, 1688-1815
出版Cornell University Press, 1994
主題Business & Economics / Public FinanceHistory / Europe / GermanyHistory / Wars & Conflicts / GeneralHistory / Modern / GeneralSocial Science / Sociology / RuralTechnology & Engineering / Military Science
ISBN97808014291630801429161
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=rddTJGdfFz8C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋When Washington crossed the Delaware on Christmas Eve in 1778, he attacked German farm boys hired out to the British monarchy as "mercenaries." Throughout the eighteenth century the British rented such armies from the Landgraves of Hesse-Cassel under the auspices of the so-called subsidy treaties. Forced to defend the liberties of English elites, Hessian conscripts were themselves subjected to a harsh authoritarian rule. In this engaging book, Peter K.