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The soldier in later medieval England / Adrian R. Bell, Anne Curry, Andy King and David Simpkin.
LIBRA DC96.5 .B45 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bell, Adrian R. (Adrian Robert), 1971-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453--Registers.
- Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453.
- Soldiers--England--History--To 1500.
- Soldiers.
- History.
- Great Britain--History, Military--1066-1485.
- Great Britain.
- History, Military.
- England.
- Genre:
- Registers (Lists)
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 318 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- The Hundred Years War was a struggle for control over the French throne, fought as a series of conflicts between England, France, and their respective allies. The Soldier in Later Medieval England is the outcome of a project which collects the names of every soldier known to have served the English Crown from 1369 to the loss of Gascony in 1453, the event which is traditionally accepted as the end-date of the Hundred Years War. The data gathered throughout the project have allowed the authors of this volume to compare different forms of war, such as the chevauchées of the late fourteenth century and the occupation of French territories in the fifteenth century, and thus to identify longer-term trends. The scope of the volume begins in 1369 because of the survival from that point of the 'muster roll', a type of documentary record in which soldiers names are systematically recorded. The muster roll is a rich resource for the historian, as it allows closer study to be made of the peerage, the knights, the men-at-arms (the esquires), and especially the lower ranks of the army, such as the archers, who contributed the largest proportion of troops to English royal service. The Soldier in Later Medieval England seeks to investigate the different types of soldier, their regional and national origins, and the movement between ranks. This is a wide-ranging volume which offers invaluable insights into a much-neglected subject, and presents many opportunities for future research. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 The Peerage 23
- Age 25
- Length of service 31
- Frequency and type of service 35
- 2 The Knights 54
- Trends in the numbers and proportions of knights serving in armies 56
- Why did the number and proportion of knights decline? 59
- Strenui milites: who were the fighting knights? 73
- Roles and careers 84
- 3 The Men-at-Arms 95
- Ratios and numbers 95
- What was a man-at-arms? 100
- Who were the men-at-arms? 108
- Careers-the fourteenth century 117
- Careers-the fifteenth century 125
- Men-at-arms as retinue leaders and garrison captains 130
- 4 The Archers 139
- Ratios and numbers 139
- What was an archer? 144
- Who were the archers? 152
- Archers and retinues 157
- Movement between ranks 162
- Careers and military professionalism 167
- What was the size of the potential archer group? 177
- 5 Other Kinds of Soldiers 179
- Hobelars 179
- Armed men 181
- Crossbowmen 183
- Gunners 194
- Soldiers and civilian occupations 202
- Support personnel and mid-campaign replacements 211
- 6 Where Did Soldiers Come From? 216
- The regional dimension: England and Wales 216
- Foreign troops in English service 241.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-292) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199680825
- 0199680825
- OCLC:
- 839396733
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