My main source for this episode is one of the only works to really analyze the subject of women camp followers in a systemic fashion - that is, Lynn. I gleaned multiple details, stories, and other commentaries from the other works, especially the story of the Chevalier D'on.
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Braudy, Leo. From Chivalry to Terrorism: War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity. New York: Vintage, 2010.
De Pauw, Linda Grant. Battle Cries and Lullabies. Women in War from Prehistory to the Present. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1998.
Duffy, Christopher. The Army of Frederick the Great. Exeter: David & Charles, 1974.
Elting, John R. Swords Around a Throne: Napoleon's Grande Armee. New York: Da Capo Press, 1988.
Holmes, Richard. Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket. London: HarperPress, 2001.
Lynn, John A. Women, Armies and Warfare in Early Modern Europe. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Wilson, Peter H. Europe's Tragedy: A History of the Thirty Years' War. London: Allen Lane, 2009.
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