What is a vivandière, a hedonist? It's a female sutler, selling food and wine to soldiers in the French army. I've seen them mentioned when reading military history stuff, but I suppose there were all sorts of cultural associations that went along with the job. Not sure what exactly is implied here--that they slept around and were also prostitutes? But often they were married to soldiers, as I recall.
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Re: 1764-1772 Foreign policy: Broglie quotes
Date: 2024-02-15 08:11 am (UTC)It's a female sutler, selling food and wine to soldiers in the French army. I've seen them mentioned when reading military history stuff, but I suppose there were all sorts of cultural associations that went along with the job. Not sure what exactly is implied here--that they slept around and were also prostitutes? But often they were married to soldiers, as I recall.