Description: Calais Garrison : War and Military Service in England, 1, Hardcover by Grummitt, David, ISBN 1843833980, ISBN-13 9781843833987, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "This is th 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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Book Title: Calais Garrison : War and Military Service in England, 1436-1558
Number of Pages: 234 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Calais Garrison : War and Military Service in England, 1436-1558
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, The Limited
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: Europe / France, Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / Medieval
Publication Year: 2008
Item Weight: 25.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: History
Author: David Grummitt
Item Length: 9.5 in
Series: Issn Ser.
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover