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Baron Franz von der Trenck and his Pandours in British Newspaper Articles

The aim of this paper is to analyze the manner in which British newspapers portrayed Baron Franz von der Trenck, a German-speaking nobleman who owned estates in the Croatian region Slavonia, and his Pandours, irregular soldiers whom Trenck recruited in order to join the fight for the Habsburg cause in the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748). The images of these combatants will be compared with other primary sources, such as Baron Trenck’s Memoirs and other secondary literature. As these combatants were mostly remembered for their extensive use of violent force during the mentioned war, the attempt will be to offer a possible explanation for such behavior by placing them within the context of eighteenth- century warfare.

Baron Trenck ; Pandours ; War of the Austrian Succession ; British newspapers ; early modern warfare

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