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Prestidge, Orlando (2013) Forêt de Guerre : natural remembrances of the Great War. Exchanges: the Warwick Research Journal, Volume 1 (Number 1).
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Abstract
I will discuss the effect that the Great War had on the medieval woodland landscape of France, and how the cataclysmic destruction of the conflict is now represented, remembered and sometimes even preserved by the presence of post-war woodland. The unparalleled quantities of munitions that tore apart the landscape from 1914-1918 had both physical effects at the time, as well as longer-lasting manifestations that we see today. The first use of chemical weapons, along with the problems posed by their disbursement and disposal, also still affect the soil of the Western Front, as well as the trees and plants that traditionally grew in the region. I will also analyse the deeper and far more ancient significance of forests and trees within French culture, and how this has affected the way that people have interacted with the ‘Forêt de guerre’ landscape that grew up to replace that lost during the hostilities.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D501 World War I D History General and Old World > DC France G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences |
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| Divisions: | Other > Institute of Advanced Study | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | World War, 1914-1918 -- Environmental aspects -- France, Northern, Historic Sites - France, Northern, Landscapes -- Social aspects -- France, Northern, Forest health -- France, Northern -- History, Forest archaeology -- France, Northern | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Exchanges: the Warwick Research Journal | ||||
| Publisher: | Institute of Advanced Study | ||||
| ISSN: | 2053-9665 | ||||
| Official Date: | October 2013 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 1 | ||||
| Number: | Number 1 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 20 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access |
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