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The Soldier in Later Medieval England (Hardcover, New)
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The Soldier in Later Medieval England (Hardcover, New)
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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 has allowed the authors of this volume to
compare different forms of war, such as the chevauchees of the late
fourteenth century and the occupation of French territories in the
fifteenth century, and thus to identify longer-term trends. It also
highlights the significance of the change of dynasty in England in
the early 1400s. 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 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.
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