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Recently-discovered documents prove that Bernardin did fight for France in the Seven Years' War. But he also offered his services to other, enemy, nations. This proves that notions of patriotism were different then from now.
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The article establishes beyond doubt that Bernardin fought for France in the Seven Years' War, and, when no longer employed by his country, offered his services to other, potentially enemy, nations, suggesting different attitudes to patriotism then from now.
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In seeking military employment as a young officer, Bernardin was dependent on the personal patronage of the 'great and the good' of the time.
Professor Philip E. J. rOBINSON
University of Kent
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This page is a summary of: Bernardin à la guerre de sept ans: l'apprentissage des réseaux et l'épreuve du patriotisme, Nottingham French Studies, July 2015, Edinburgh University Press,
DOI: 10.3366/nfs.2015.0114.
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