Abstract: The communal life of the regiment was intense, claustrophobic, and minutely regulated, and some soldiers rebelled against it. This chapter analyses how the military authorities defined deviant behaviour and the main forms that it took. It explores the ways in which the army's formal disciplinary structures evolved to deal with the problem of soldiers who broke the rules. It determines the extent to which soldiers believed that the disciplinary regime was legitimate and treated them fairly, and analyses how the military authorities dealt with mass mutinies.

Keywords: deviant behaviour, mutinies, courts-martial, military law,