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SUMMARY:Discipline and Control in Eighteenth-Century Gibraltar - Ilya Berk
 ovich (Peterhouse\, University of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Ilya Berkovich
DESCRIPTION:While mostly intended to record information of operative and m
 ilitary nature\, eighteenth-century order books also contain wealth of mat
 erial on social and cultural history. In addition to regular instructions\
 , paroles and distribution of regimental assignments\, many orders were di
 rect reactions to specific events requiring a response or at least warrant
 ing a mention from the military authorities. So are the order books of the
  British garrison of Gibraltar preserved in the National Archives at Kew. 
 This paper\, based on the study of the first nine volumes covering the yea
 rs 1720-91\, gives an overview of some of the entries relating to discipli
 nary matters\, such as special instructions\, threats of punishments and s
 entences of general courts  martials\, recorded verbatim in order to be re
 ad to the troops. \n\nThe picture emerging from these records demonstrates
  that notwithstanding numerous attempts by the garrison commanders\, drunk
 enness and other irregular behavior by the soldiery could not be curtailed
 . It appears that whatever the official regulation had to say\, soldiers a
 ctually enjoyed a substantial license in their daily doings. It will be fu
 rther suggested that this situation was not unrepresentative to garrison s
 ervice elsewhere. This\, in turn\, allows us to question the extent to whi
 ch old-regime authorities could successfully control and discipline their 
 troops.
LOCATION:Seminar Room N7\, Pembroke College
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