NEW MODEL ARMIES: RE-CONTEXTUALIZING THE CAMP IN MARGARET CAVENDISH'S BEL IN CAMPO

Instead of being victims of war, Victoria's "heroickesses" earn the spoils of war as the agents whose labor occasions its acquisition. [...] by the end of the play, we are told, "the Lady Victoria and her she Officers and Commanders have distributed all their spoils got in these...

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Published in:ELH 2011-10, Vol.78 (3), p.657
Main Author: Pasupathi, Vimala C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Armed forces
Cavendish, Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623-1673)
Civil war
Military policy
Politics
Reading
War
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Summary:Instead of being victims of war, Victoria's "heroickesses" earn the spoils of war as the agents whose labor occasions its acquisition. [...] by the end of the play, we are told, "the Lady Victoria and her she Officers and Commanders have distributed all their spoils got in these Wars amongst the Common she Souldier" (2 BC, 5.22), thus the play's vision of martial-social mobility becomes a reality for all soldiers through the army's collective achievements, its leader's benevolence, and that of the play's nearly-absent king, a ruler apparently secure enough in his position that he is willing to part with some of his power to those who have publicly fulfilled their duty to him against his enemies.
ISSN:0013-8304
1080-6547