CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Balic, Juraj |
|---|---|
| Title | Baron Franz von der Trenck and his Pandours: Merciless Marauders or Courageous Combatants? |
| Summary | This thesis deals with the portrayals of violent deeds performed by Baron Franz von der Trenck, a German-speaking nobleman who owned estates in the Croatian province Slavonia, and his Pandours, a group of irregular soldiers which he recruited in Slavonia in order to join the fight for the Habsburg cause in the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748). As these troops were mostly remembered for their extensive use of violent force during the mentioned war, the aim of this thesis is to explore their conduct and place it within the discourse of violence and honor as it was perceived in the eighteenth century. Relying mostly on the Memoirs of the mentioned Baron Trenck and the contemporary British newspapers which intensively reported of their exploits, the aim is to examine how these violent deeds were represented, as well as to offer an interpretation of the purposes of these acts. |
| Supervisor | Esmer, Tolga U. |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/balic_juraj.pdf |
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