Publisher Description

Special edition of a volume which has become the leading forum for debate on aspects of medieval warfare, looking at warfare in the fifteenth century.The articles in this volume focus on the fifteenth century. Several draw on the substantial archives of the Burgundian polity, focusing particularly on the Flemish shooting guilds, spying, and the provision of troops by towns. Theurban emphasis continues with a study of the transition from "traditional" artillery to gunpowder weaponry in Southampton, and a comparison of descriptions of military engagements in the London Chronicles and in Swiss town chronicles. Welsh chronicling of the battle of Edgecote (1469) is also reviewed, and there is a re-assessment of Welsh involvement in the Agincourt campaign. English interests in France are pursued in two further papers, one consideringthe personnel of the ordnance companies in Lancastrian Normandy and the other examining the little-known French attacks on Gascony in the early years of the fifteenth century.Contributors: Frederik Buylaert, Jan Van Camp, Bert Verwerft, Adam Chapman, Laura Crombie, Andy King, Barry Lewis, Randall Moffett, Guilhem Pepin, Andreas Remy, Bastian Walter

Author Biography

Anne Curry is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Southampton, and author of many works on the Hundred Years War, particularly on the battle of Agincourt. She also edited the 1422-53 section of the Parliament Rolls of Medieval England. ADAM CHAPMAN, General Editor, Victoria County History, Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London ANDY KING is Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Southampton, UK.

Table of Contents

The French Offensives of 1404-1407 against Anglo-Gascon Aquitaine - Guilhem PepinThe King's Welshmen: Welsh Involvement in the Expeditionary Army of 1415 - Adam ChapmanGunners, Aides and Archers: The Personnel of the English Ordnance Companies in Normandy in the Fifteenth Century - Andy KingDefense, Honor and Community: the Military and Social Bonds of the Dukes of Burgundy and the Flemish Shooting Guilds - Laura CrombieThe Battle of Edgecote or Banbury (1469) through the Eyes of Contemporary Welsh Poets - Barry LewisDescriptions of Battles in Fifteenth-Century Urban Chronicles: a Comparison of the Siege of London in May 1471 and the Battle of Grandson, 2 March 1476 - Andreas RemyUrban Espionage and Counterespionage during the Burgundian Wars (1468-77) - Bastian WalterUrban Militias, Nobles and Mercenaries: The Organization of the Antwerp Army in the Flemish-Brabantine Revolt of the 1480s - Frederik BuylaertUrban Militias, Nobles and Mercenaries: The Organization of the Antwerp Army in the Flemish-Brabantine Revolt of the 1480s - Jan Van CampUrban Militias, Nobles and Mercenaries: The Organization of the Antwerp Army in the Flemish-Brabantine Revolt of the 1480s - Bert VerwerftMilitary Equipment in the Town of Southampton During the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries - Randall Moffett

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Continue[s] the tradition of excellence and provides us with a very welcome contribution to the field. * DE RE MILITARI *

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Continue[s] the tradition of excellence and provides us with a very welcome contribution to the field. DE RE MILITARI

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Continue[s] the tradition of excellence and provides us with a very welcome contribution to the field. DE RE MILITARI

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