David Grummitt

The Calais Garrison (eBook, PDF)

War and Military Service in England, 1436-1558

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Produktbeschreibung

Definitive account of the English garrison at Calais - the largest contemporary force in Europe - in the wider context of European warfare in the middle ages.

This is the book on the Calais garrison we have been waiting for. COLIN RICHMOND

For over 200 years, following its capture by Edward III in 1347, the town of Calais was in English hands; after 1453 it remained the last English possession on the continent, a commercial, cultural, diplomatic and military frontier, until its recapture by the French in 1558. This book - the first full-length study so to do - examines the Calais garrison, the largest standing military force available to the English crown. Based on extensive archival research, it covers recruitment and service in the garrison, the problems of pay and logistics, the weaponry and tactics used, and the chivalric and professional ethos among the soldiers. It also investigates the effectiveness of English arms against their European counterparts, through a detailed study of the failed Burgundian siege of 1436 and the successful French siege of 1558. Overall, it reaffirms the importance of Calais to successive medieval and early modern English kings, and challenges the perceived notion that England lagged behind its northwest European rivals in terms of military technology and effectiveness. The Calais garrison is placed in the wider context of the development of European warfare in general during this period.

Dr DAVID GRUMMITT is Lecturer in British History, University of Kent.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wits University Press
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781846156069
• Artikelnr.: 68307536

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Calais in Context The Burgundian Siege of 1436 The
Organisation of the Garrison The Nature of Military Service in the Pale
Chivalry and Professionalism in the Calais Garrison Weaponry and
Fortifications in Calais Financing and Supplying the Garrison The Fall of
Calais in 1558 Conclusion: War and Military Service in England 1436-1558