Querengässer, Alexander (Hrsg.) Die Schlacht bei Roßbach

On 5 November 1757, Frederick the Great won a spectacular victory over a combined army of French regiments and Imperial contingents near the small village of Roßbach in western Saxony. 22,000 Prussian soldiers beat a force twice their size out of the field. Never before or since was the Prussian king to achieve such a decisive victory with fewer casualties. While France no longer undertook active campaigns against Prussia after the battle, the reputation of the imperial army was permanently damaged. Frederick's commanderial fame, on which an initial shadow had fallen after the failed Bohemian campaign in the summer, on the other hand, shone in new splendour.

This volume brings together essays by renowned authors who take a fresh look at the Battle of Roßbach from different perspectives. These include analyses of the three armies involved in the battle, which were so different, as well as a consideration of the course of the battle, the effects on the surrounding civilian population and the many forms of remembrance. The individual contributions are illustrated with a large number of hitherto rarely shown contemporary illustrations.

Content:
Introduction
Prussia's Army on the Eve of the Battle of Roßbach
Joseph Friedrich of Saxe-Hildburghausen and the Leadership of the Imperial Army
The French Army at Roßbach
The Battle of Roßbach
"I am Master of the Land, and what I command must be done" - The Importance of Saxony to the Prussian War Effort in the Seven Years' War
Disputed Commemoration: The Battle of Roßbach as a Place of Remembrance (1757-2017)

Author Index (in alphabetical order)

Marian Füssel, Dr. phil is Professor of Early Modern History with special emphasis on the history of science at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. His research interests include cultural history of the early modern period, military history, university and scholarly history, historiographical history and theory of history. Most important military-historical publications: The Seven Years' War. Ein Weltkrieg im 18. Jahrhundert (Beck Wissen), Munich 2010; Together with Michael Sikora (ed.), Kulturgeschichte der Schlacht (Krieg in der Geschichte), Waterloo 1815 (Beck Wissen), Munich 2015.

Oliver Heyn, Early Modern and Military Historian, studied Medieval, Modern and Contemporary History as well as Medieval and Modern Archaeology at the Universities of Freiburg and Bamberg. He did his doctorate on the social history of the military in the principality of Saxony-Hildburghausen and has already published a number of essays on the Ernestine contingents of the imperial army.

Alexander Querengässer studied archaeology and history at the University of Leipzig and did his doctorate at the University of Potsdam in 2016 with a thesis on the Electoral Saxon military in the Great Northern War. Since then, he has worked as a freelance historian for various museums and journals. He is the author of several books and essays on military history topics from the late Middle Ages to the 20th century.

Robert Riemer, studied law, history, political science and communication. He has a habilitation and works as a private lecturer and assistant at the Chair of General History of the Modern Era at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald with activities in teaching, research and university self-administration. He is also a retired major and a military history instructor at the Army Officers' School in Dresden. He has published numerous papers on legal and military history, among other subjects.

Frederick C. Schneid is Professor of History and Chairman of the Department of History at High Point University in North Carolina, USA. He received his PhD from Purdue University in 1994, where he studied under the renowned military historian Gunther E. Rothenberg. Professor Schneid specialises in the military history of France and Italy in the 18th and 19th centuries. He is the author and editor of 16 books and more than 20 essays on topics ranging from early modern warfare to the Second War of Italian Unification.