Witnessing the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in German Central Europe

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The experience of state formation. Chronicling and petitioning on the Dutch island of Ameland (c. 1780–1815)

“…A first tradition originates in the work of Reinhardt Koselleck and includes advocates and critics of the idea that extreme experiences of rupture caused by dramatic events during the revolutionary and Napoleonic eras may be held responsible for new, 'modern' forms of historical awareness and concepts of time (Baggerman, 2011;Becker, 1999;Berman, 1982;Deseure & Pollmann, 2013;Fritzsche, 2004;Hartog, 2003;Koselleck, 1979;Koselleck & Reichardt, 1988;Terdiman, 1993). A second tradition, which builds on the older German Alltagsgeschichte, focuses more in particular on the (military and economic) experience of the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars to understand what impact they had on people's lives (Aaslestad & Joor, 2015;Forrest, Hagemann, & Rendall, 2009;James, 2013;Planert, 2007;Planert, 2009). While they ultimately study experience for different reasons, these two traditions have in common that they treat experiences as subjective perceptions and predominantly make use of autobiographical writing to capture these perceptions.…”