The Calais Garrison: War and Military Service in England, 1436-1558 Book

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