Military Communities in Late Medieval England

<p>From warhorses to the men-at-arms who rode them; armies that were raised to the lords who recruited led administered and financed them; and ships to the mariners who crewed them; few aspects of the organisation and logistics of war in late medieval England have escaped the scholarly attention or failed to benefit from the insights of Dr Andrew Ayton. The concept of the military community with its emphasis on warfare as a collective social enterprise has always lain at the heart of his work; he has shown in particular how this age of warfare is characterised by related but intersecting military communities marked not only by the social and political relationships within armies and navies but by communities of mind experience and enterprise. The essays in this volume ranging from the late thirteenth to the early fifteenth century address various aspects of this idea. They offer investigations of soldiers' and mariners' equipment; their obligations functions status and recruitment; and the range and duration of their service. Gary P. Baker is a Research Associate at the University of East Anglia and a Researcher in History at the University of Groningen; Craig L. Lambert is Lecturer in Maritime History at the University of Southampton; David Simpkin teaches history at Birkenhead Sixth-Form College. Contributors: Gary P. Baker Adrian R. Bell Peter Coss Anne Curry Robert W. Jones Andy King Craig L. Lambert Tony K. Moore J.J.N. Palmer Philip Preston Michael Prestwich Matthew Raven Clifford J. Rogers Nigel Saul David Simpkin.</p>