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The Agincourt Campaign of 1415 - The Retinues of the Dukes of Clarence and Gloucester (Hardcover)
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The Agincourt Campaign of 1415 - The Retinues of the Dukes of Clarence and Gloucester (Hardcover)
Series: Warfare in History
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First full investigation into the men of Agincourt - their service,
backgrounds, lives and experiences. King Henry V's brothers,
Thomas, duke of Clarence, and Humphrey, duke of Gloucester,
recruited the two largest retinues of the famous army of 1415,
whose service culminated in victory at Agincourt. At the heart of
this book are case studies of these two retinues, the personnel of
which have never been the subject of close scrutiny before. These
retinues were made up of, respectively, 960 and 800 men, most of
whose names are known from their complete surviving muster rolls.
Using this crucial information, and by employing information from a
wide range of sources, from official Chancery and Exchequer records
to manorial accounts and personal the lives of many of these men
can be reconstructed. One central theme of this book is concerned
with the men themselves, and considers issues such as where they
came from in 1415, their previous military, career and personal
experiences, and whether they had pre-existing ties with either
their ducal commander, sub-retinue captain or comrades. It charts
the experience of the retinues from before the campaign (the
mustering of the army), during the campaign (the siege of Harfleur
and the Battle of Agincourt) and after the campaign (the future
careers of some men and the influence the campaign had on the ducal
affinities). It also considers wider historiographical issues
relating to the "dynamics of recruitment", military
professionalism, careerism, the changing socio-economic standing of
those undertaking military service in the early fifteenth century,
and the size and willingness to engage in martial activity of the
English military community.
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