The English Aristocracy at War

Name: The English Aristocracy at War
Brand: Boydell Press
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By David Simpkin

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In 1277 the recently crowned king of England, Edward I, invaded Wales; his army, large for the time, was none the less modest by his later standards. Most of his countrymen had not been on active service outside the realm for twenty years and more, if at all, yet over the course of the following four decades, up to the battle of Bannockburn in 1314, they would be called upon to fight in four different theatres of war: in Wales, Gascony, Flanders and Scotland.
Although the identities of many of the men who fought in these wars, particularly those of the thousands of peasant foot soldiers, will never be known, the names of a large proportion of the men-at-arms can be located in the records of central government. This book utilises these sources - pay-rolls, horse inventories, wardrobe books and others - to examine the military careers and activities of these men-at-arms, focusing on five main themes: mobilisation; military command; service patterns among the gentry; retinues and their composition; and 'feudal' service.
Dr DAVID SIMPKIN is Teacher of History at Birkenhead Sixth-Form College.

Product details

Binding:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

248

Release Date:

2017-03-17

Publication Date:

2017-01-19

Publisher:

Boydell Press

Languages:

Original: English

ISBN10:

1783271825

ISBN13:

9781783271825

Weight:

383 g

Height:

156 cm

Width:

234 cm

Thickness:

14 cm

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