The Calais Garrison

War and Military Service in England, 1436-1558

By: David Grummitt

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Hardcover | 21 August 2008

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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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[An] excellent and scholarly book which I urge colleagues to buy or borrow. * CASEMATE *
David Grummit has filled an enormous gap in our understanding of how English armed force was configured. * DE RE MILITARI *
A meticulous [...] and focused scholarly monograph. [...] It makes some important and original contributions to military history. * JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY *
An accomplished academic monograph, concentrating on the military garrison. Between accounts of the 1436 siege and that of 1558, he analyses the form and condition of military service, finance and supply, weapons and fortifications. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *
[...] interesting and full of information [...]. * THE RICARDIAN *
The detailed study that [the subject] deserves. * SOUTHERN HISTORY *

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List of illustrations	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. x
Introduction: Calais in Context	p. 1
The Calais Pale	p. 5
Calais at war	p. 10
The Burgundian Siege of 1436	p. 20
The siege of Calais in July 1436	p. 20
War, political culture and national identity in Lancastrian England	p. 31
The Organisation of the Garrison	p. 44
The regular garrison or 'ordinary'	p. 44
'Crews' and 'petty wages': the extraordinary defence of Calais	p. 56
The Nature of Military Service in the Pale	p. 63
The captains	p. 63
The soldiers	p. 76
The crews	p. 83
Chivalry and Professionalism in the Calais Garrison	p. 92
Chivalry and war in the fifteenth century	p. 93
Professionals and mercenaries	p. 104
Weaponry and Fortifications in Calais	p. 119
Weaponry	p. 119
Fortifications	p. 127
Calais and the 'military revolution'	p. 132
Financing and Supplying the Garrison	p. 141
The crown and the merchants of the staple	p. 141
Supplying the garrison	p. 157
The Fall of Calais in 1558	p. 165
The campaign	p. 167
Explaining defeat	p. 176
Conclusion: War and Military Service in England 1436-1558	p. 187
Bibliography	p. 195
Index	p. 209
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The Calais Garrison

War and Military Service in England, 1436-1558

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