Anne Curry, Rémy Ambühl

A Soldiers' Chronicle of the Hundred Years War (eBook, ePUB)

College of Arms Manuscript M 9

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A remarkable and very important unpublished chronicle written by two soldiers, covering in detail the English campaigns in France from 1415 to 1429. It lists many individuals who served in the war, and was written specifically for Sir John Fastolf, the English commander.

This previously unpublished chronicle from the mid-fifteenth century covers the English wars in France from 1415 to 1429. It is highly unusual in that it was written by two soldiers, Peter Basset and Christopher Hanson. William Worcester, secretary to the English commander Sir John Fastolf, also had a hand in it, and it was specifically written for Sir John. The content is unusual, as it includes many lists of individuals serving in the war, and records their presence at battles, naming more than 700 in all. Over half these individuals are French or Scottish, so it would seem that the authors had a particularly detailed knowledge of French military participation. The narrative is important for the English campaigns in Maine in the 1420s in which Fastolf was heavily involved and which otherwise receive little attention in chronicles written on either side of the Channel. The progress of the war is well mapped, with around 230 place names mentioned.
The chronicle was extensively used in the sixteenth century by several heralds and by Edward Hall. As a result, it had an influence on Shakespeare. The death of the earl of Salisbury at Orleans in 'Henry VI Part I' Follows the chronicle closely. The 'Mirror for Magistrates' Salisbury narrative is also derived from the chronicle. Another point of interest is that the chronicle is by a scribe who can be identified, and proves to be the only known fifteenth-century account of the war written in England in French, which adds an important linguistic dimension to its study.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wits University Press
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781800104433
• Artikelnr.: 63038347

Autorenporträt

Anne Curry is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Southampton, and author of many works on the Hundred Years War, particularly on the battle of Agincourt. She also edited the 1422-53 section of the Parliament Rolls of Medieval England.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Chapter
1. The M 9 chronicle and its authors The chronicle manuscript and its
scribe, Luket Nantron (Deborah Ellen Thorpe) Peter Basset Christopher
Hanson William Worcester Team work Chapter 2. The format and content of the
M 9 chronicle A work of two halves? The English in the M 9 chronicle The
French in the M 9 chronicle The lists Chapter 3. The portrayal of war in
the M 9 chronicle The justification of war Strategy and tactics Battles
Sieges Numbers and organisation Bravery and cowardice Oath taking and oath
breaking Conclusion Chapter 4. French in fifteenth-century England: what
linguistic choices? (Richard Ingham) Indications of non-native authorship?
Central French and other continental varieties The French of England
Linguistic analysis of the M 9 chronicle i. Orthography and grammar ii.
Lexis and phraseology Conclusions Chapter 5. The post-medieval history of
the chronicle and its use by the heralds The immediate fate of the
chronicle Heralds and the M 9 chronicle a. Walter Bellengier b. Christopher
Barker Other heralds and the annotations within the M 9 chronicle The use
of the chronicle by Robert Glover Chapter 6. The M 9 chronicle and the
histories of the mid Tudor period Edward Hall Hall and the M 9 chronicle
Comparison of the M 9 chronicle and Hall's Union The influence of Hall's
Union Shakespeare The Basset problem Chapter 7. 'In the Mids of his Glory':
the M 9 chronicle, 'A Mirror for Magistrates', and the tragedy of English
imperialism (Scott Lucas) The Edition of College of Arms MS M 9 folios
31r-66r Editorial practices Edition of the original text and its
annotations English translation, identifications and commentary Appendix:
Additional material by William Worcester bound into College of Arms MS M 9
Bibliography Index